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As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.
Mark McKinnon
War
History
You
Wins
Consumers
No-One
Until
Another
Trade
Always
Got
Proven
Repeatedly
Begets
Tariff
Get
Screwed
Then
Ever
Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.
Mark McKinnon
Technology
People
Social Media
Power
Back
Brought
Social
Media
There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.
Mark McKinnon
You
Opportunities
Election
Three
President
General
General Election
Selection
Opinion
Campaign
Move
Substantially
Where
Convention
Vice
Vice President
Public
Your
Public Opinion
Base
Two
Needle
Speech
The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position of authority with their voice, their vote. But these days, money talks louder.
Mark McKinnon
Vote
Money
Job
Citizens
Voice
Results
Deliver
Leaders
Days
Talks
Louder
Authority
Represent
Placed
Them
Elected
Interests
Who
Position
The Hippocratic Oath says do no harm. It's the Hypocritical Oath that says do no harm to one's political future.
Mark McKinnon
Future
Political
Says
Oath
Hypocritical
Harm
Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.
Mark McKinnon
Politics
Shame
American
Unfortunately
American Politics
Standards
Life inside the Beltway bubble dulls your thinking.
Mark McKinnon
Life
Thinking
Inside
Bubble
Your
Sarah Palin is brilliant. She is a media magnet and a media magnate. She creates headlines and draws crowds wherever she goes, whether it's 98 degrees in the desert of Arizona or below freezing in the snow of Wisconsin.
Mark McKinnon
Brilliant
Draws
Degrees
Magnet
Crowds
Wisconsin
Arizona
Headlines
Freezing
She
Snow
Goes
Wherever
Whether
Creates
Sarah
Sarah Palin
Desert
Media
Palin
Below
Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the downing of the helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, the suicide attack on the USS Cole, and, of course, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Mark McKinnon
History
Change
Events
Nation
Suicide
President
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Crisis
Somalia
Attack
Attacks
Hostage
Outside
Course
Terrorist
Iranian
Campaign
The History Of
Helicopter
Sept
Beirut
Downing
Bombing
Marine
News is virtual now. It is not 24-hour news cycles; it is instant news cycles. It is live. News is live all the time, around the clock.
Mark McKinnon
Time
News
Live
Virtual
Instant
Around
Clock
Cycles
Now
Having been heavily involved in the planning of a couple of G.O.P. conventions, my view is, we should just scrap 'em. Cancel 'em. Just figure out an appropriate forum for the nominee to give an acceptance speech and be done with it.
Mark McKinnon
Acceptance
Appropriate
Out
Give
Having
Involved
Couple
Nominee
Been
Cancel
Scrap
Done
Just
Conventions
Should
View
Planning
Figure
Forum
Speech
It doesn't matter if I go on CBS, PBS or Fox. Whoever is interviewing me is going to want to create some conflict in the story, or it's not interesting. That's just the way the news is.
Mark McKinnon
News
Me
Conflict
Matter
Interviewing
Way
Some
Go
Going
Just
Want
Story
Interesting
Create
Whoever
Fox
Who the hell ever dreamed up a tie? It's just such a weird idea, and yet it has been literally hanging around forever as the one constant and boring men's fashion staple.
Mark McKinnon
Fashion
Men
Hell
Has-Been
Constant
Dreamed
Boring
Idea
Weird
Tie
Around
Been
Up
Forever
Hanging
Just
Literally
Who
Staple
Ever
What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country. The rest of the country is not hyper partisan.
Mark McKinnon
Me
Rest
Country
Strikes
Hyper
Between
Partisan
Disconnect
Leave
Huge
Which
Washington
Extent
Technology has had more of an impact on the presidency and how the presidency communicates than anything.
Mark McKinnon
Technology
Presidency
Impact
More
Had
How
Than
Anything
I'll tell you, Liz Cheney is going to be a very good candidate. I worked with her during the Bush campaigns. She's smart, she's focused, she's disciplined - and she's got a great back story. She's got a large family. She's a great mom. And she's a hard worker. I think she's going to be a very effective campaigner.
Mark McKinnon
Good
Mom
Great
Family
You
Smart
Think
Back
Focused
Tell
She
Disciplined
Got
Cheney
Effective
Campaigns
Very
Going
Candidate
Story
Bush
Worked
Worker
Hard
Large
Large Family
Hard Worker
Her
Liz
You know, the Tea Party is a - first of all, it is a significant movement, and I think the media and some pundits have tried to write it off as a bunch of cranks or something. But, in fact, it's really a very legitimate and fairly significant swath of voters out there.
Mark McKinnon
You
First
Party
Tea
Think
Pundits
Out
Significant
Tried
Some
Something
Fact
Write
Voters
Know
First Of All
Fairly
Off
Very
Bunch
Movement
In Fact
Legitimate
Really
Tea Party
Media
It's rare when a president wins the campaign without winning independents.
Mark McKinnon
Rare
President
Independents
Winning
Wins
Without
Campaign
I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.
Mark McKinnon
Education
Politics
Better
Fighting
Spent
Part
Policy
Reforms
Public
Working
Public Policy
Career
Mention the name George W. Bush in mixed company, and you're likely to spark a lot of debate and emotion - hot and cold, good and bad. Not a lot of neutral reaction. He was elected in the most controversial contest in American electoral history and governed during one of the most tumultuous decades.
Mark McKinnon
Good
History
You
Debate
Cold
Bad
Mention
Emotion
Neutral
He
Hot
Name
Most
Likely
Reaction
Contest
Governed
George
Mixed
George W
Lot
George W. Bush
Decades
American
Controversial
Tumultuous
Bush
Spark
Elected
Good And Bad
Electoral
Company
George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led based on core conviction and strong principles and has believed that time and distance would allow for context.
Mark McKinnon
Time
Strong
Conviction
Distance
Has-Been
Would
Allow
Never
He
Principles
Always
Context
George
Been
His
Nor
Led
George W
George W. Bush
Legacy
Bush
Preoccupied
Popularity
Believed
Based
Core
War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.
Mark McKinnon
Politics
War
Decision
Nation
About
Could
Higher
Said
Making
Commander-In-Chief
Same
Often
Stakes
Defend
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
Mark McKinnon
Work
Government
Limited Government
Spending
Restrained
Environment
Make
Limited
Texas
Debt
Controlled
Low
Taxes
Regulatory
Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
Mark McKinnon
Democracy
History
World
Long
Experiment
Long History
I'm no economist. I don't even play one on TV. I'm just a husband, a father, a taxpayer.
Mark McKinnon
Father
Husband
Taxpayer
TV
Economist
Just
Even
Play
Social Security and Medicare are necessary safety nets, but they are nearing insolvency as fewer pay in, more take out, and more take out more.
Mark McKinnon
Safety
Pay
Out
Security
Nets
More
Take
Safety Nets
Fewer
Social
Social Security
Medicare
Necessary
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