John Podesta

First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years - when I think of him, I think of him first and foremost as an idea politician. ↗

— John Podesta

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I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits. ↗

— John Podesta

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I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world. ↗

— John Podesta

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I think that what we've been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public. ↗

— John Podesta

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If medicine was practiced in 1965 the way it's practiced today, there's no question that prescriptions would have been included in Medicare. ↗

— John Podesta

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Realistically, I think we are not prepared to go home until we do get more teachers and lower class sizes. ↗

— John Podesta

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So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble. ↗

— John Podesta

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There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton. ↗

— John Podesta

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Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong. ↗

— John Podesta

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