Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only care about the swing districts. Then they complain about… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The G.O.P. is desperately seeking someone who can save the party from the fate of nominating Mitt Romney. But every time a… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in… — Gail Collins Copy Share
The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I would walk a thousand miles To feel your hugs and see your smiles But then one day we had to part The hardest… — Gail Collins Copy Share
“One law prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court, and carefully defined “negro” as anyone who had one nonwhite grandparent.” — Gail Collins Copy Share
“An estimated 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War. Many were like Amy Clarke, who enlisted so she could… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't… — Gail Collins Copy Share
There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues… — Gail Collins Copy Share
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara… — Gail Collins Copy Share
When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection. — Gail Collins Copy Share
