Mark Shields

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign. ↗

— Mark Shields

#campaign #central #his #john #kerry

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush. ↗

— Mark Shields

#bush #facto #george #george w #john

John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary. ↗

— Mark Shields

#john #john mccain #mccain #primary #south

Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system. ↗

— Mark Shields

#pretend #some #sudden #system

The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan. ↗

— Mark Shields

#community-based #department #emergency #hospitals #institutions

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin. ↗

— Mark Shields

#competing #dozens #important #important thing #interests

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work. ↗

— Mark Shields

#often #problem #smear #too #work

What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to private boarding schools. They both went to a prestigious university. ↗

— Mark Shields

#both #england #families #house #men

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention. ↗

— Mark Shields

#attention #cause #critical #critical mass #elected

When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire them, how grateful they are. ↗

— Mark Shields

#admire #does #everybody #grateful #how