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> [When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/when-the-2008-victory-of-barack-obama-and-the-defeat-of-grumpy-old/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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> [Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/watergate-got-us-to-think-of-leaders-as-mere-mortals-america-began-to/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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> [Chicago's privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/chicago-s-privatization-mania-began-during-mayor-richard-m-daley-s/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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## Other authors on Began

## More by Rick Perlstein

> [I love trade magazines - any trade's magazine: by entering into what is taken for granted in a world not your own, you better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/i-love-trade-magazines-any-trade-s-magazine-by-entering-into-what-is/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding inquiries about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/when-the-2008-victory-of-barack-obama-and-the-defeat-of-grumpy-old/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way - I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/watergate-got-us-to-think-of-leaders-as-mere-mortals-america-began-to/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Part of the fantasy certain pro-reform Republicans like to broadcast about Hispanics, family-oriented, churchgoing traditionalists, is that they are somehow natural conservatives, just waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/part-of-the-fantasy-certain-pro-reform-republicans-like-to-broadcast/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [I'm just a Bolshevik with a laptop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/i-m-just-a-bolshevik-with-a-laptop/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [The history of American higher education over the twentieth century is an extraordinary one, the story of the creation of a powerhouse set of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/the-history-of-american-higher-education-over-the-twentieth-century/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [The only times during my religious instruction I remember hearing God's name invoked with any sincere conviction at all was in the oft-repeated and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/the-only-times-during-my-religious-instruction-i-remember-hearing-god/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans do better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/as-a-general-rule-of-thumb-democrats-do-better-in-national-elections/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/computers-have-cut-and-paste-functions-so-does-right-wing-historical/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Empirical debunking cannot reach the deepest fear of the reactionary mind, which is that the state - that devouring leviathan - will soon swallow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/empirical-debunking-cannot-reach-the-deepest-fear-of-the-reactionary/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/i-think-that-all-politicians-who-aspire-to-the-presidency-are-a/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Chicago's privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the trend has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/chicago-s-privatization-mania-began-during-mayor-richard-m-daley-s/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [One thing Republicans understand: In American elections, you have to choose from among only two people - not between the perfect and the good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/one-thing-republicans-understand-in-american-elections-you-have-to/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Social conservatism, business conservatism: the one side constitutes the other, like some infernal Mobius strip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/social-conservatism-business-conservatism-the-one-side-constitutes/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

> [Sometimes I like to think that the responsibility of every new generation of Democrats is to devise a program that mints new Democrats for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/sometimes-i-like-to-think-that-the-responsibility-of-every-new/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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