The person you're choosing is going to be 90 feet down the hall for four years. That's a pretty intimate and close relationship, and it better be somebody you're comfortable with, you like, you trust, you look forward to seeing, not someone you're coming up with creative ideas on how to avoid.
Mark ShieldsI thought what Steve Bannon said was probably more chilling or more threatening than anything the president [Donald Trump]says, I mean, because he said, it's a constant day. We have to defeat the press.
Mark ShieldsThere is no tougher job in America than being a cop on the beat in a major city in this country, big and brawling.
Mark ShieldsWhen the party holds the White House, all the political decisions are made in the White House. And being a party chair, you're just an artifact.
Mark ShieldsThe measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.
Mark Shields