President Barack Obama would do well to take a page or two from Clinton's playbook. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
There's no question almost press secretaries talk about the sense of serving two masters. On the one hand you want to protect… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He… — 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
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
The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Women have to be the biggest champions in the world of other women's choices. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
President Barack Obama would do well to take a page or two from Clinton's playbook. — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
