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Chuck Todd
American
Journalist
Born:
Apr 8
,
1972
Because
Politics
Think
Will
Win
You
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We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning.
Chuck Todd
Politics
Best
Battle
Losing
Think
Worst
Out
About
Winning
Wins
True
Idea
Like
Ideas
Most
May
Elections
Some day, the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington ingrained into the culture of Congress.
Chuck Todd
Day
Culture
Old
Congress
Ways
System
Some
Revolt
Seniority
Against
Public
Might
Ingrained
Old Ways
Washington
Keep
Actually
In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.
Chuck Todd
Politics
Service
Good
You
Simple
Politician
Intertwined
Embodied
Both
He
Without
How
End
Being
In The End
Public
Plain
Successfully
Public Service
Servant
Kennedy
Ted
Ted Kennedy
America has a love-hate relationship with celebrity. We love to follow celebrities, but we also love to mock them. And secretly, we believe we're better than they are.
Chuck Todd
Love
Relationship
Better
Believe
Secretly
Follow
Also
Mock
Celebrities
Celebrity
Than
America
Love-Hate
Love-Hate Relationship
Them
McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.
Chuck Todd
Needs
Together
Run
Hillary
She
Because
McCain
Republican
Coalition
Helps
Base
Unite
Keeps
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.
Chuck Todd
You
Money
Think
Presidential
Astronomical
Rate
Bubble
Almost
Like
Housing
Get
Any
Bigger
Growing
One could argue the GOP made no progress on limiting government in their four years of total control from 2002 to 2006. If anything, government expanded like never before.
Chuck Todd
Government
Progress
Made
Before
Control
Total
Could
Argue
Never
Like
GOP
Limiting
Years
Anything
Four
The unknown has undone many a president, and no matter the popularity of an Oval Office occupant, any and all presidents are vulnerable. Of course, one thing that seems to set Obama part from his recent predecessors is his ability to keep an inner calm about tough issues.
Chuck Todd
Matter
Tough
Calm
Undone
President
Unknown
Presidents
Obama
One Thing
Ability
About
Seems
Part
Oval
Oval Office
Course
Vulnerable
Issues
His
Office
Any
Predecessors
Many
Popularity
Keep
Thing
Inner
Recent
Set
The big post-election story if Obama wins the presidency will be in the hands of the ethically embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He's not very popular, and has a chance to use his power to appoint an Obama replacement as a step in the direction of political rehabilitation.
Chuck Todd
Political
Will
Power
Big
Presidency
Obama
Direction
Wins
He
Step
Democratic
His
Rod
Very
Replacement
Hands
Story
Ethically
Use
Rehabilitation
Popular
Appoint
Chance
If Barack Obama goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans. But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama - particularly in the primaries - it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.
Chuck Todd
Nature
Win
Election
Will
Important
Young
Top
Spent
Plenty
Obama
Both
Could
Putting
Over
Over-The-Top
Voters
Particularly
Him
Been
Hispanics
Historic
Goes
Barack
Barack Obama
Video
Turnout
Among
Ink
The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.
Chuck Todd
Politics
You
People
Someone
Spot
Campaign
The Hardest Thing
Mile
Away
Hardest
Hardest Thing
Thing
The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many a candidate tries to run as something they aren't simply because the strategy dictates it.
Chuck Todd
Best
Politicians
Strategy
Run
Tries
Embrace
Something
Simply
Most
Attributes
Because
Dictates
Traits
Candidate
While
Turning
Successful
Who
Many
Dick Cheney and Al Gore have redefined the role of the vice president in the minds of the public. It should be a big job, beyond simply checking the health status of the president.
Chuck Todd
Health
Job
Big
President
Minds
Status
Simply
Checking
Beyond
Gore
Cheney
Dick Cheney
Role
Vice
Vice President
Public
Should
Al
Al Gore
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is headed for a 2009 crack-up that could prove as messy as any party civil war in recent history.
Chuck Todd
War
History
Party
Obama
John
Civil
Civil War
John McCain
Could
Headed
Likely
Parties
Democrats
Messy
Prove
Any
McCain
Barack
Barack Obama
Republicans
Recent
Recent History
Two
One of the more bizarre games I played as a kid was something called 'kill the man.' It was a cross between football and rugby, which found the person carrying the ball a target of some hungry tacklers. I still don't know why we enjoyed the game because it was impossible to win.
Chuck Todd
Game
Man
Win
Impossible
Rugby
Kid
Hungry
Bizarre
Carrying
Some
Cross
Something
More
Football
Between
Know
Because
Ball
Still
Target
Person
Which
Games
Found
Why
Enjoyed
Played
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