12 Quotes by Julian Zelizer

It's one of those areas of politics where people have become accustomed to something that was once radical. It's just normative at this point.

Despite all the problems with the old committee-era Congress, one of the virtues was that chairs were not only centers of power, but they held vast knowledge about public policy and the ... rules of the House. Chairmen could be counted on to find ways to move legislation forward and to improve - or reform - programs, based on a deep knowledge of their history. Today ... chairmen do not have that kind of memory.

He's evidence that by stepping down early, you don't necessarily kill the issue.