Mark Shields

The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing…

— Mark Shields

John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary.

— Mark Shields

The tough thing about a campaign being over is, you lose your enemy.

— Mark Shields

Politics, they all - talked to the insiders.

— Mark Shields

The Republicans have, with some pride - George W. Bush won the White House by promising to restore dignity to the Oval…

— Mark Shields

When you have got military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, they're intended for one purpose. And that is to inflict as much…

— Mark Shields

You want a leader, Western leader, English-speaking? Mitt Romney.

— Mark Shields

But the people at home if we're doing a town meeting or a town format. You have to answer the question that…

— Mark Shields

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority,…

— Mark Shields

The person you're choosing is going to be 90 feet down the hall for four years. That's a pretty intimate and close…

— Mark Shields

Once I accuse you of racist, I have demonized you, and it means any future collaboration, cooperation between us is a sign…

— Mark Shields

In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes…

— Mark Shields

One of the first things every press secretary assures you is, the boss has a wonderful sense of humor, because not to…

— Mark Shields

[Dwight Eisenhower was ] a citizen of the world.

— Mark Shields

Tim Kaine didn't come across authentic. It wasn't good. And it was - it just really - I think, for short-term benefit,…

— Mark Shields

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

— Mark Shields

Donald Trump is not an unintelligent man.

— Mark Shields

Basically, global capitalism, basically to support it, or is it to be opposed? Is international order to be supported, or is it…

— Mark Shields

I think Democrats ought to be concerned, that the party has become almost prideful about the college-educated vote that it's getting, the…

— Mark Shields

Presidential trust is something, that's perishable and it's precious. And once a president loses it, it's not a question of whether it's…

— Mark Shields

George W. Bush in 2000 went to private financing for the nomination, but he accepted public funding in the general. And, quite…

— Mark Shields

Donald Trump is writing a different theme, which is it's midnight in America and that things are bad, and they're bleak, and…

— Mark Shields

They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think…

— Mark Shields

What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to…

— Mark Shields

Gone is any mention of American exceptionalism. I happen to believe that twice, three times in the 20th century, the United States…

— Mark Shields