Democrats can have a different version of the line, or they can just say, no, we are the party of international peace… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think Democrats ought to be concerned, that the party has become almost prideful about the college-educated vote that it's getting, the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Democrats, if they're smart and they're not brain-dead, are doing two things right now.They're having self-deprecating humor written for them. There was… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think the Democrats did a terrible disservice, the Hillary Clinton campaign did, to Tim Kaine. Tim Kaine had the earned reputation… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Being a party chair, you really have a chance to make a difference. but what the Democrats have to do is recognize… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think an increasing number of Republicans are perplexed and actually nervous about Donald Trump and Russia, nervous in the sense that… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Tim Kaine didn't come across authentic. It wasn't good. And it was - it just really - I think, for short-term benefit,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Peter Hart, the pollster, has a question when he asks about presidential or vice presidential candidates, what kind of a neighbor would… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The Democrats have this high level of expectation of what government can do. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I don't hear any clear, coherent message [from Democrats]. I mean, when you're a party out of power, it's the time to… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The Democrats have tried the war against women in the past. It didn't really have that much traction. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
[Democrats] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
As long as Republicans won't - won't raise taxes and as long as Democrats won't in any way make entitlements based on… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Barack Obama did get a higher percentage of the vote than anybody has in this country in 20 years. I mean, it… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
My church [Catholisism] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
![“Being a party chair, you really have a chance to make a difference. but what the Democrats have to do is recognize and accept the fact that they're at their lowest point [in 2017] since 1928 in the United States House of Representatives and their lowest point since 1925 in states.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab7/mark-shields-1572_accepting_being-a-party-chair-you-really-have-a-ch_908715.jpg)
![“I don't hear any clear, coherent message [from Democrats]. I mean, when you're a party out of power, it's the time to be a national party chair.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f68/mark-shields-1572_chairs_i-don-t-hear-any-clear-coherent-message_2042551.jpg)
![“For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the [Ben] Sanders- [Hillary] Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to that debate.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/mark-shields-1572_clinton_for-the-democrats-they-re-trying-to-avoi_2498062.jpg)
![“[Democrats] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, who has given obnoxiousness a new definition in his personal behavior, oftentimes in his dealings with the press, had a very good…” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/951/mark-shields-1572_behavior_democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elec_2090136.jpg)
![“The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit football players, recruit business people. And I think that's what the job of the new party chair has to be.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0c/mark-shields-1572_ball-player_the-democrats-have-to-do-what-he-did-whe_2838657.jpg)
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