Communicators Quote by Jonathan Chait

Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.

— Penn Jillette

Is there a more gifted political communicator than Obama? Certainly not since former President Clinton, another Democratic luminary who could put a positive spin…

— Jessica Tarlov

It's interesting how Obama's adorers in the press keep comparing him to Lincoln and Reagan. Apparently they can't think of a Democrat president worthy…

— Ann Coulter

President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without…

— Ben Shapiro

Barack Obama is extremely smart.

— Jonathan Chait

Obama is an intelligent man whose life and work experience sensitize him to class distinctions.

— Timothy Noah

I do not believe that Obama is smarter than anybody else. I do not believe he has cut a new path and is a…

— Rush Limbaugh

The substantive difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is not really that great.

— Allan Nairn

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

— Chris Matthews

Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a - as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you…

— Chuck Todd

Barack Obama is an intellectual.

— Jonathan Chait

Barack Obama is pretty similar to the person you see in public, at press conferences. He's a little saltier, a little more sarcastic and…

— Jonathan Chait