82 Quotes by Jon Lovett

Because the speech is an argument, and a great speech makes an argument well, the act of making that argument is a really important part of how the policy process coalesces and solidifies both for the candidate and also the people serving that candidate.

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that.

Republicans paint everything that Democrats have been for as socialism, too far to the left, as extreme, and it didn't matter how moderated it was; it didn't matter that Obamacare started out as a compromise. You might as well say what you're actually for and show what you really are.

I had a really fun career in TV right after I left politics.

The conversation on Twitter and the way people are in the world are very different.

Trump is a raptor testing the fences, and he found weaknesses to escape and try things that would work, every single day.

I am a deeply awkward person; I am not cool.

It's so unfair that Barack Obama, this cool, charming guy, also has good comedic timing.

You look at what animates Democratic voters; you look at what animates Democratic politicians: it's health care. It's increasingly climate. It is wages and economic issues. It's issues around reproductive freedom and criminal justice reform and inequality.