It's possible that the clowning and the buffoonery and the entertainment are a bigger part of what's happening … - Jonathan Chait

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Jonathan Chait

It's possible that the clowning and the buffoonery and the entertainment are a bigger part of what's happening than we've allowed. And that Trump is primarily an entertainer who wants ratings, and an undisciplined speaker, and it will all be less than we think. It's something that we have to consider as a possibility; we don't know.

Entertainment, Part, Primarily, Thinking, Want

Same Author Quotes

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.

Activists, Choices, Gauge, Perfect, Progress, Standard

President Obama is so much smarter and a better communicator than members of Congress in either party. The contrast, side by side, is almost ridiculous.

Contrast, Obama, Party, President, Sides, Smarter

Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position within the world and an inexorable demographic decline. The operation in Gaza is not Netanyahu’s strategy in excess; it is Netanyahu’s strategy in its entirety. The liberal Zionist, two-state vision with which I identify, which once commanded a mainstream position within Israeli political life has been relegated to a left-wing rump within it.

Decline, Except, Political, Position, Two, Wings

The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete domination of the party. The moderate, mainstream and pragmatic leaders of the party have been pushed out or died off.

Domination, Leader, Mainstream, Moderate, Party, Stories

That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain to be reversed, that's going to disappear. The Republicans are going to slash the rich's taxes.

Accomplishment, Clinton, Important, Levels, Raised, Slash