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> [The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot less homogeneous than the Republican Party, where people tend to believe the same things and oftentimes look alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-democratic-party-is-a-coalition-its-strength-and-its-weakness-is/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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> [Kevin McCarthy, who is the House majority leader, was pretty open. He went out and recruited candidates. And the Republicans in the House have paid a price for it ever since, because they cannot pass anything comprehensive or real because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/kevin-mccarthy-who-is-the-house-majority-leader-was-pretty-open-he/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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## More by Mark Shields

> [I'm not sure Betsy DeVos has ever spent a day in a public school. And I don't - I'm pretty sure Donald Trump hasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-m-not-sure-betsy-devos-has-ever-spent-a-day-in-a-public-school-and/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-is-sounding-the-same-theme-he-has-sounded-since-may-or/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-do-look-upon-the-secretary-of-education-s-primary-responsibility-as/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/dan-coats-retiring-senator-from-indiana-a-mild-mannered-man-a-former/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/it-s-interesting-how-identity-politics-and-ann-coulter-style-tactics/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/when-you-run-for-president-of-the-united-states-everybody-does-the/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Americans don't like powerful figures who punch down, that is, who pick on someone less powerful and less able to speak for themselves than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/americans-don-t-like-powerful-figures-who-punch-down-that-is-who-pick/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/everyone-has-to-take-donald-trump-seriously-and-i-think-that-s-what/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-defies-gravity-and-so-i-guess-he-has-to-be-donald-trump/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [ My church \[Catholisism\] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/my-church-catholisism-is-hurting-from-arrogance-and-from-its/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [America is Republican until 5:00 or 6:00 at night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/america-is-republican-until-5-00-or-6-00-at-night/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/john-kerry-s-biography-was-central-to-his-campaign/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-guantanamo-has-been-synonymous-with-the-staining-of-american/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Stronger together is, I think, a preposition and a comparative adjective, but it's not really an action verb or what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/stronger-together-is-i-think-a-preposition-and-a-comparative/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [If you only make fights that you're going to win, there would be no women's vote in America, there would be no civil rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/if-you-only-make-fights-that-you-re-going-to-win-there-would-be-no/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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