When the blood of thousands of Americans is shed, the impact lingers. For a generation after the Civil War, the Republican injunction to 'vote as you shot' kept the party dominant for decades; from 1868 to 1912, only one Democrat… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower all rode their wartime heroics into the White House. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room?… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
As a general proposition, campaigns do not linger on the vice presidential nominee. When they have, it's always meant very bad news for the… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
“It was more than just material prosperity. America in 1960 was a country where restraint and boundaries were the natural conditions in all arenas.… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in 1980, it was a clear signal that he was running an inclusive campaign; that he welcomed… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
