“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or, for that matter, a basic grasp of science. But you better have religion.… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
We are constantly bemoaning that we have two nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, who are when you put them together as unpopular a duo as we have ever had in our kind of Final Two for the presidency. There are reasons for that, regardless of who ends up winning and going into the White House, I think we need… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
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We still write too many stories that are "state of the race" stories that are informed almost solely by what the polling shows and by what we're then deducing about who's up, who's down, and I'm just not sure that's very helpful to readers, it certainly doesn't elevate the debate and, and the problem is if you, if you cover… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
But fairness is where we’re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there. — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
I think with Donald Trump we're seeing the sort of utterly vanished line at long last of enter - between entertainment and politics. I mean there's always been an enormous dose of entertainment in politics. Trump has completely erased that line but the Trump phenomenon when it comes to where the media's culpability is how much we should be beating… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
I remember going to a Trump rally in South Carolina, and it was really important and it was really interesting to talk to the people who'd shown up there because they were not caricatures, and so often Trump voters, Trump supporters were being portrayed in the media, probably I'm guilty of it as well, as caricatures. Each of these people,… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
“Thin people, God bless them, God curse them, don't get it: If you're not thin, you need to be careful and conscious about when… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or, for that matter, a basic grasp of science. But you better have religion. You better be ready to profess your faith in and fealty to God — the Judeo-Christian one, of course. And… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
I think the Donald Trump's obsession is, is bigger than just polling. I mean it's funny because we've been harping on polls like never… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
You're encouraging a response in citizens and the public, that has nothing to do with an informed decision, that has nothing to do with policy, that has nothing to do with any of that but that just kind of turns it into a competition they're watching as if they're watching the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes and I think if… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
Writers and reporters need to remind themselves they're not to be judged solely by the number of clicks or eyeballs on a given story, but there is this other value and this other important mission, and the key is balancing the two so that you stay alive long enough, whether you're an individual writer or whether you're a whole news… — Frank Bruni Copy Share
