Political Exposure Quotes

My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'

The leader of a political party in a country like ours is so exposed that his enemies become as numerous and formidable as his friends.

I really love what [Donald] Trump is doing. He is doing a great job of exposing the republicans for what they really are.

Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open.

I worked for Sarah Palin. I have the political staffer version of P.T.S.D., so whenever I hear that she's breaking her silence, my heart stops.

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.

One of the difficult things, especially about blogging, is that you put all of your personal out there, into the political. And what's been difficult, for me at least, is trying to keep some of the personal for myself.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

If you're in a Republican district that is leery of President [Donald] Trump,then, you might feel a little bit more exposed.Of course, if you're in a swing district, then this town hall tension has to worry you which is why we haven't seen many Republicans from swing districts actually hold these kinds of town halls.

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.

It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing people who have been in jail - after all, I was a member of Parliament - and visiting them there during their sentence.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide.

In our media-driven age, the mere fact of having name recognition is a big advantage. When the leadership election was confined only to Conservative MPs, relatively obscure figures could emerge quickly.

The Democrats, the left has this 30-year playbook of how to destroy conservatives by simply exposing the horrible, the mean-spirited, insensitive things they say, but that isn't going to work on Trump the way it works on conservatives, for a whole host of reasons.