Jodi Kantor Quotes

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• Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.
• Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.
• People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.
• I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to…
• First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You…
• I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people…
• Evangelical Christian politicians who cheat often raise questions about hypocrisy, especially if they preached piety in public and disregarded it in private. When Jewish politicians…
• Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time,…
• In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being…
• Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters to African-Americans, but…

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