“Barack Obama is pretty similar to the person you see in public, at press conferences. He's a little saltier, a little more sarcastic and cutting.” LittlesPersonsCuttingPressesBarackSarcasticConferencesPress Conferences Author:Jonathan Chait
“In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really high level.” GivingBeliefSimpleLevelsMassVersionsBarackHigh Level Author:Jonathan Chait
“That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so. That's certain to be reversed, that's going to disappear. The Republicans are going to slash the rich's taxes.” MadeImportantCertainLevelsRichRepublicanTaxesMajorsBillsClintonRaisedDisappearInequalityAccomplishment Author:Jonathan Chait
“On Obamacare, every day that goes by I have more evidence that I wish I could put in my book, on how difficult it is for the Republicans to eliminate this law. They have no real alternative. They're afraid to take away health care from the 20 million people who now have it.” PeopleBookRealCareLawWishDifficultMillionsRepublicanEvidenceAlternativesHealth CareObamacare Author:Jonathan Chait
“Obama took 20 million people from the category of ignorables and put them into the category of unignorables. No one had to do anything for these 20 million people because they were outside the system. Now they're inside the system. Taking away their health care imposes all kind of political pain. We don't know the outcome, but every passing day it show how difficult it is for Trump to deprive them of what they now have.” PeopleKnowsKindShowsCarePainPoliticalDifficultMillionsTrumpPassingPassingsAll KindsHealth CareOutcomesCategories Author:Jonathan Chait
“Republicans fighting back against changes Obama made means those changes are important, as with most of the major progress in American history.” MeanMadeImportantFightingProgressRepublicanMajorsAmerican HistoryFighting Back Author:Jonathan Chait
“Trump is what Obama critics think Obama is: Someone who's focused on symbolism rather than substance.” ThinkingTrumpCriticsFocusedSubstanceSymbolism Author:Jonathan Chait
“It's possible that Trump will have success by staging jobs theatre, rather than creating jobs. It's the inverse of what Obama did: saving an enormous amount of jobs without having the televised theatre to go along with it.” JobsTrumpAmountCreatingTheatreEnormousSavingInverseCreating JobsStaging Author:Jonathan Chait