I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and… — 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… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, you had this booming economy, and you didn't really have enough men around to fill all the jobs. So… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
