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Former White House Chief of Staff

John Podesta is an American politician and political advisor, serving as the former White House Chief of Staff. He played a significant role in the Clinton administration and continued to be active in the political scene during the Obama administration.

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“I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.”

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“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.”

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“If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.”

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“So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble.”

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“So I think it's important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they're hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric.”

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“Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.”

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“The American people have the right to know and understand the laws they live under. And they tend to demand answers sooner or later.”

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“I think it’s time to open the books on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations of UFOs. It’s time to find out what the truth really is that’s out there. We ought to do it because it’s right. We ought to do it because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth. And we ought to do it because it’s the law.”

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“I think that what we've been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public.”

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About the Author

Born: January 15, 1949
Known for: Former White House Chief of Staff
Quotes: 26

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