Mark McKinnon Quotes (12 Quotes)

Clinton helped create a values election.

This president has a real pattern of defying conventional wisdom.

People are really hungry for change, and we need to give them something to hang that change on. The picture of what they don't like is in their minds what they want to see is the alternative.

You adapt to the circumstances and the circumstances are different. I get zero sense of that. This is an administration and a president that are like the Marines -- they're used to taking the beach, they're used to getting shelled. But they dig in and they do their jobs.

There's no question the president's legacy will be dominated by Iraq. The war is really driving almost everything in government.

Bush may cling to his belief that the market's woes won't affect the basic soundness of the economy, but he knows from his father's experience that politicians who don't appear to take voters' pocketbook fears seriously pay for their callousness at the polls. This President is acutely aware of the impact of the economy, both on regular Americans and on Presidents, ... Americans fundamentally understand a President can't move the markets, but they want to be assured that he cares about it and is doing all he can.

Yeah, he's a conservative commentator journalist that makes sense if he's reflecting a conservative president.

I think Karl is right back in the middle of the picture, and will be for the foreseeable future.

to show leadership and coordination and response and compassion of a nature that could affect the political dynamics of the country.

This isn't about politics. It's about blood.

It's one thing to talk about your plan to rebuild the military, but by using the innocence of a child, playing innocence off of war, it created a powerful message emotionally, ... The best way to communicate anything is emotional.

Conventional wisdom may be upside-down. The economy is always an issue, but I think . . . it has to be viewed in different terms. The Gore camp will try to take credit for the economy. I don't think the voters see it that way.