The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.
Ron SuskindI absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance.
Ron Suskind[Barack Obama] says at one point, "[Jimmy] Carter, [Bill] Clinton and I suffer from," what he called, "the policy wonk's disease."
Ron SuskindChoose your words meticulously and then let them rumble up from some deep furnace of conviction.
Ron SuskindI've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.
Ron SuskindThe President [Barack Obama], I think if you look at it from his shoes, you know, was facing a very difficult situation where he had to own Washington, tame New York, save a collapsing economy, with a collapsed financial system. He moved, I think, to a team that he felt was tried and true, in terms of dealing with financial crisis. That was his decision.
Ron Suskind