When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role,… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Every press secretary faces an enormous amount of information. Events move really fast. You're responsible for a tremendous amount of information, and… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present:… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
It was what became something of a pattern in the first couple of years of the Clinton White House and maybe even… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator,… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement,… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
It was what became something of a pattern in the first couple of years of the Clinton White House and maybe even longer, where… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
The fight is always the same within the Democratic Party, isn't it? The more things change, the more they stay the same. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Women have to be the biggest champions in the world of other women's choices. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
And Clinton was like that - he saw the whole playing field. He didn't just see the event that he was at or the… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Almost all first ladies have had tremendous power on personnel issues, whether the public realized it or not, whether it was Barbara Bush or… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
President Barack Obama would do well to take a page or two from Clinton's playbook. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
In a way I think Bill Clinton is more likely to forgive and move on or at least try to woo people who don't… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share
