Mark Stephen Shields (born May 25, 1937) is an American political columnist and commentator.
Donald Trump picked a remarkably nice guy in Mike Pence.
At a time when the public is sour on politicians, have no use for them, Bill Clinton has risen to a different level. Bill Clinton is endlessly interesting.
As long as Republicans won't - won't raise taxes and as long as Democrats won't in any way make entitlements based on need, rather than just across the board, I really think that we're doomed to this deadlock.
[The Republicans] looked at basically the failed wars and they said, oh, this, us being the policeman of the world, that is not working.
You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.
The fact is that it's the most dangerous place to be on the political scale is to brand those on the other side as racist. That's the atomic bomb. That's the nuclear weapon of an American.
The Republicans are looking at a country that is going to be a majority minority country in just over a generation. And they are an increasingly white party.
I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities. I do think that what's happening is great and that people are active and people are just involved in the democratic process.
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
I think Donald Trump is obviously the more colorful, the more flamboyant, the more dominant personality.
There's nothing wrong with being organized. Things that change history tend to be organized.
Peter Hart, the pollster, has a question when he asks about presidential or vice presidential candidates, what kind of a neighbor would they be? And several Democrats - George W. Bush was always seen to be a good friendly neighbor who would pick up the newspapers if you were out of town or check your mail.
Mitt Romney looks like a president. I mean, he really does.
Tim Kaine kind of gives the warmer, human face of the Democrats.
Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.
You want a leader, Western leader, English-speaking? Mitt Romney.
Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far.
For many years, we have had these campaign finance reforms, and they have been failures. Money is more coursing through our system than ever before. Incumbents have used the laws to advantage themselves. And one of the reasons I think they have been failures is we have tried to crush down the money in places like the political parties, and it has squished out into opaque super PACs and sort of hidden channels.
We're not being invaded by undocumented immigrants who are coming to kill police officers and commit crimes. And I don't think most Americans think it's true.
[Donald] Trump is instructive. For Trump, it was that the global economy and the international world order were failing regular people.