I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world.

a Washington D. " Podesta has also served as a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States and the United States Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. In 1988 Podesta founded with his brother Tony Podesta Associates Inc.

John 'Skippy' David Podesta (born January 8 1949) was the fourth and final White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. Podesta was a co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.