President Obama has his faults, but overall, I think, is a good president. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
If the 1992 and 2000 elections were any guide, third-party candidates are death on the mainstream parties with which they're most naturally aligned. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When Democrats lose, they're pathetic. When Republicans lose, they're bitter and mean. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Obama is an intelligent man whose life and work experience sensitize him to class distinctions. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
If Romney were a chair, he'd be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the imprint of whoever last sat on… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
We live in a diverse nation, but it isn't that diverse. If any one state showed results so dramatically different from the… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When Grover Norquist launched his project to name anything and everything after Ronald Reagan, I humbly proposed that the deficit be re-christened… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The promise of Obama's presidency, in many people's minds, is partly that America will move toward becoming a post-racial society. It's pretty… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Republicans don't seem to mind taking inflation into account when the subject is tax rates. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The GOP doesn't seem particularly afraid of being perceived as blocking reform, despite efforts by the Obama White House to establish that… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Was President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage crassly political? God, I hope so. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
What the 1990s taught the Clinton veterans was that you could 'triangulate' with a GOP-controlled Congress. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never, ever to… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar taken away… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
There is quite a lot of mutual misunderstanding between the upper middle class and the working class. Reviewing what's been said about the white… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
There's a growing consensus that the best way to defeat communism in Cuba is to get its citizens hooked on American goods. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
What I've come to believe is that psychological advice isn't worth much if it isn't rooted in personal experience. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
