After every election, the victors try to define and act on their mandate. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I hate to say that not everything is politics, but not everything is politics. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
One of my bosses, as it happens, was Elena Kagan. And I had pretty good vantage for watching her as she crafted… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I don't score members of Congress; I don't conceive of my job as moving members of Congress to the utmost left position. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
A campaign forms the basis for the public's expectations of how the candidate will govern once in office. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Confidence men have a simple rule: never drop the con - even if you're exposed. For Donald Trump, that's a way of… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
The left has demanded fire in the belly from Obama. But will it actually have the president's back when he shows it? — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
The reason I'm so active in politics - literally the reason I've devoted so much time to politics and public service -… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party, the policies that the Clintons and Hillary believe in, I feel like a living example of someone who benefited. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
For decades, Hillary Clinton has been a lot more than a public champion of child care, paid leave and equal pay. She's… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
True conservatives would not be concerned about deficits when liberals are in power, but then ignore them entirely when the Republican party… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
In my time in Washington, I've watched congressmen, senators and their advisors allow similarly stark polling data to shape their calculus on… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
As a former policy director on a presidential campaign, I am sympathetic to the desire to try to propose 'new' policy ideas… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Republicans fear Nancy Pelosi because she has Teflon skin and a spine of steel - and because she is a progressive woman… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
For decades, Hillary has championed the issues that matter to working families: child care, paid leave, equal pay. But she doesn't just… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Of course, Trump will feed his base alternate facts as long as he can, because he knows it sustains their support for… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I do think that the Trump presidency, even for the resistance, there is pre-Charlottesville and a post-Charlottesville moment, and Donald Trump's response… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
The GOP attempted to make the 2018 elections a referendum on Pelosi's potential leadership, not for the first time. For more than… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I think a core principle of the Democratic Party has to be a defense of equal rights for every American. At the… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I think Trump wanted to use his 2016 campaign to basically say to a lot of folks that liberals hate you. And… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Part of the right-wing noise machine is really focused on telling groups of voters that 'Democrats and liberal elites hate you.' — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Candidates use their negative message to highlight a contrast with their opponent that helps define themselves positively. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
In Nancy Pelosi, our country has a perfect example of why we should never choose our leaders because of the attacks by… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I concede that, in the first 18 months of his presidency, Obama has not accomplished all that he campaigned on. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Trump himself has seemingly courted the favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the 2016 presidential campaign. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
The public wants to know how things are going to get better, and the Republican Party just demonstrated its lack of seriousness… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Barack Obama came into office in the midst of an economic crisis and yet, shortly into his first term, Republicans suddenly rediscovered… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
What a president does communicates a message to the American people, and, sometimes, what he does not do communicates a message as… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
In the back and forth of a campaign, reporters, campaign press staff, and even the candidates can demand new policies in areas… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump was successful in capturing "drain the swamp, change Washington, a big screw-you to the status quo" - which… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
I had advised Hillary on policy when she was first lady, a Senate candidate and a senator, so it seemed natural that… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
In campaigns, the attacks that candidates make against their opponents define them almost as much as their positive agenda by creating a… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Elections are based on competing arguments. Of course, issues are integral to those arguments - the very building blocks of them. But… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
So far Trump has done everything he could possibly do to pit Americans against each other, to sow division, to fuel distrust… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Between 2009 and 2012, 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
The Democratic Party, the policies that the Clintons and Hillary believe in, I feel like a living example of someone who benefited. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
So far Trump has done everything he could possibly do to pit Americans against each other, to sow division, to fuel distrust of American… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
I concede that, in the first 18 months of his presidency, Obama has not accomplished all that he campaigned on. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
Would Americans really feel better with insurance companies deciding whether they or their parents get the care they need? Probably not. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
I think a core principle of the Democratic Party has to be a defense of equal rights for every American. At the same time,… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
How exactly was Johnson able to pass the Great Society legislation and the Voting Rights Act? Of course, he was a savvy deal-maker. But… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
I never worked in the private sector for very long, I worked on childcare, afterschool, health care for people, increasing the minimum wage, increasing… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
Making smart investments in early childhood education could not only generate more than $7 of economic benefits over a child's lifetime for every dollar… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
One really basic thing is to establish women's property and inheritance rights, so women can be their own agents within society. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
We don't have great answers to what jobs will look like in 10, 20, 30 years. And I think it's right for people to… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act dramatically expanded child care provisions and Head Start. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
I think that Democrats have to think through answers we haven't in the past: How we are going to create those jobs? How should… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
No doubt, there are plenty of men who have been fierce and laudable advocates for women's issues. But I know from my many years… — Neera Tanden Copy Share
What can defeat health care reform? Polls - or more specifically, Democratic politicians misreading them. — Neera Tanden Copy Share
