In politics, Victory Disease comes when a majority believes their position is so secure and immune from challenge that they forget the… — Rick Wilson Forget Copy Share Image
Extinction isn't pretty, especially when you know it's coming and do nothing about it. — Rick Wilson About Copy Share Image
I was born in Florida. My first political campaign was as a field director for George Herbert Walker Bush in 1988. — Rick Wilson Born Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's campaign is good at two things; hoovering up hundreds of millions of dollars from MAGA fans and spending them to… — Rick Wilson Fans Copy Share Image
I always advise my candidates, 'You better fight to the last bullet.' — Rick Wilson Always Copy Share Image
A large plurality of the Trump electorate believed the definition of 'conservative' was simply 'Not Hillary.' — Rick Wilson Believed Copy Share Image
I think Trump is so dangerous because the people that he appeals to the most have this sense of despair and oppression… — Rick Wilson Dangerous Copy Share Image
American populism is no stranger to our political life. From the earliest anti-Federalists to William Jennings Bryan, Huey Long, and George Wallace,… — Rick Wilson American Copy Share Image
Trump's inability to relate actions to consequences, his profound intellectual ambivalence about history, strategy and facts, in addition to his notoriously delicate… — Rick Wilson Consequences Copy Share Image
Only a fool would believe Trump would draw a sharp, bright line between his personal and family financial interests and the interests… — Rick Wilson Believe Copy Share Image
Con artists specialize in finding what people need, and Trump knows the media craves variety, scandal, secrets, and he-said-she-said stories, even of… — Rick Wilson Art Copy Share Image
Long sentence or short, everything Trump touches dies - even his most loyal henchman. — Rick Wilson Even Copy Share Image
I've written about this before, but the sad truth is this: There are only a handful of Trump true believers in the… — Rick Wilson Ambition Copy Share Image
Free-market capitalism doesn't pick economic winners and losers based on the president's economic nostalgia, and limited-government conservatism isn't marked a top-down ideological… — Rick Wilson Capitalism Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an idiot and a moron and just a kook of the first order, but he is surrounded by a… — Rick Wilson Donald trump Copy Share Image
All the fantasies of Trump-Bannon nationalism require a vastly expanded state, with greater powers over the economy and society. — Rick Wilson Economy Copy Share Image
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and others who raced to the microphones at the slightest hint of Obama overstepping the lines… — Rick Wilson Others Copy Share Image
What really hits Trump is when you prove to people that Trump isn't for you - that Trump is about Trump. — Rick Wilson About Copy Share Image
It's not a secret that Ted Cruz isn't my first choice for the Republican nomination for president. His smug Poindexter affect, his… — Rick Wilson Choice Copy Share Image
I believed that the donor class would cringe at the vast threat Donald Trump poses to the entire Republican Party, its brand,… — Rick Wilson Class Copy Share Image
McConnell is the most talented majority leader in a generation. He has complete control of his caucus and understands and exploits their… — Rick Wilson Control Copy Share Image
Even the most liberal reporters I know have a sense of drive and curiosity about what the Clintons are hiding, because they… — Rick Wilson Curiosity Copy Share Image
