Obama's perverse view of fairness threatens to create reverse incentives, militating against growth, jobs, expansion and upward mobility. Dick Morris More Quotes by Dick Morris More Quotes From Dick Morris The White House will run itself while the president is away. That's why he has to be sure not to be away too much. Dick Morris white house running The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial. Dick Morris political president needs Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern. Dick Morris support political winning Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections. Dick Morris politics political winning Rebut the negative, and the opposing campaign has not merely lost a skirmish, it has suffered almost irreparable damage. An effective rebuttal makes it hard for the campaign whose ad is destroyed to be believed about anything ever again. Dick Morris campaigns political negative The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television. Dick Morris politics political television Often GOP political strategy seems like the human wave theory of the Chinese military translated to politics. Where Beijing uses masses of soldiers to overwhelm their adversaries, the GOP uses huge campaign budgets as a substitute for strategy, thought or issues. Dick Morris issues political military The key to running a campaign on the cheap is to avoid spending money on anything other than projecting a message. Dick Morris political keys running As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president. Dick Morris party leader positive The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory. Dick Morris politics political decision Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go. Dick Morris political country thinking There is no substitute for a clear vision and a decisive direction. Dick Morris vision politics political The key to controlling your own political party, so that it does not eat you alive, is to realize that while Democratic and Republican leaders differ sharply, their voters do not. Dick Morris party keys leader It is from the center that leaders must lead. Dick Morris politics political leader Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side. Dick Morris politics political want The opposing party rarely causes so much angst as does one's own. Dick Morris political party doe Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it. Dick Morris political important negative A politician can do what he thinks is right, he just has to be sophisticated in how he goes about it. Those who seek a president who 'will disregard the polls and just lead,' ask for the political equivalent of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade.' Dick Morris political light thinking Despite romantic fantasies about caring candidates who learn of America in donut shops, most politicians rely on media to teach them what concerns the average person. Dick Morris media caring average Obama has had two raging successes in his term: He has slashed unemployment by persuading millions to give up hope and leave the labor force; and He has cut illegal immigration by casting the United States into a permanent job shortage. Some achievements! Dick Morris giving-up cutting jobs
