We know the 65-point policy points, to the extent that they exist, but is Hillary Clinton willing to be vulnerable, is she willing to be funny, is she willing to be both authoritative, but also real? And so less what she says than the emotional tone she sets. It takes a lot of confidence to be a vulnerable speaker on this stage. And sometimes she hasn't always projected the confidence it takes to be in some ways weak. But that's what I think people were looking for, that moment of human connection.
David BrooksDonald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women.
David BrooksPalin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.
David BrooksAlmost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
David BrooksThere has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos to the airports. We have offended the world. We have derailed the administration. We have done it in such an incompetent way, the administration has, that people with perfectly legal residence have been widely inconvenienced.
David BrooksIf you thought Donald Trump was going to be swallowed up by the conventional Republican Party or by Washington, you were wrong.
David BrooksIf there is a series of attacks like that or, God forbid, if ISIS is really sending soldiers across Europe and maybe across the world for a barrage of these things, then the political climate is revolutionized here. And maybe the [Donald] Trump speech will look like a precursor to a climate that we're all about to walk into.
David Brooks