Latest Christopher Michael Cillizza Quotes from Interviews

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• Big moments like the Olympics tend to freeze things in place. It's just very hard to break through the news cycle with peoples's eyes on the Olympics. That's even more true with the concerns about Zika and terrorism.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Eye, Terrorism, Moments

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• It has been an amazing presidential election in 2016. AMAZING. And I don't take it for granted. This sort of race comes along once every century or so.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Presidential, Election, Granted

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• 2018 is a horrendous cycle for Democrats. For starters they have to defend 5 seats in states Barack Obama lost either 2008, 2012 or both.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Democrat, Barack

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Donald Trump doesn't like to debate and knows in his heart of hearts he isn't great at it.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Heart, Debate

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Donald Trump is doing remarkably badly among non-white voters and there are lots of them in Arizona.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I think Mike Pence figured that best case scenario he is vice president and worst case scenario he can say he tried to rein Donald Trump in for the good of the party.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Party, Thinking, President

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Mike Pence is the hardest one to guess in 2020 as a leader, because I don't know if he is seen as the heir to the Donald Trump political movement or ig being the heir is a good thing.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Leader, Political, Good Things

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Assuming he wins his primary easily, and continues to push back when Donald Trump goes over the line, I think Paul Ryan is well positioned to run in 2020 if Trump loses.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Running, Winning, Thinking

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• The editorial board, who endorses candidates, is totally separate from the news side of the business. We don't consult one another. They have one job to do, we have a totally different one to do. So whether the Washington Post editorial board endorses Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is meaningless to me.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Different, Clinton, Meaningless

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Georgia has been on the fringes of competitive for a while now because of its black population and growing Hispanic community. The white vote is aligning more and more with Republicans, however, which has made it hard for Democrats to win. But, Donald Trump is not someone who sells well to suburban Atlanta whites, giving Hillary Clinton an in there.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Winning, Giving, Community

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I won't be voting for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton either, both are too flawed in my opinion to be allowed near the Oval Office.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Office, Voting, Opinion

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I was very surprised Barack Obama called Donald Trump "unfit to serve" during a press conference with the prime minister of Singapore. That is the sort of full-weight-of-the-presidency thing that I don't necessarily expect from Obama. So, why did he do it? I think he not only genuinely dislikes Trump but believes Trump would be dangerous as the commander-in-chief.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Believe, Thinking, Dangerous

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I am not sure we are going to see Republican Members endorsing Hillary Clinton. I think we will see plenty say they can't vote for Donald Trump. That doesn't mean they vote for her. They could either not vote, vote for the Libertarian ticket or write someone in.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I voted for Barack Obama twice but I found his rather strong statements about Donald Trump a little unseemly, kind of thought that he ought to stay above the fray so to speak. Is it just me who feels like this was a little out of bounds or is this good politics since his approval ratings are pretty high?

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Strong, Kind, Speak

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• No one who has followed politics for the last decade thinking about August like quiet month for politics. There are no more quiet times or slow periods. None. Which, frankly, makes it a very good time to be a political writer.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Thinking, Political, Good Times

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I don't think Donald Trump is going to lose by 15 points to Hillary Clinton or even 10. The country still feels too polarized for that to happen.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Country, Thinking, Clinton

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Nothing makes me crazier than the "you gave us Trump" argument based on Hillary Clinton's emails. I didn't set up the private server. I didn't advise her to be decidedly cryptic about the whole thing. I didn't tell the FBI to investigate.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Email, Argument, Clinton

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I think Twitter is becoming remarkably intolerant and heavily liberal. As in, anything that is perceived as being "pro Trump" is scolded and mocked.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Thinking, Becoming, Trump

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Sitting presidents are very tough to beat.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  President, Sitting, Tough

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I think Republicans have spent years promising their base that they would get rid of Obamacare the second they took total control. Now, they have it. So if they can't make it happen, I think it would undercut those years of promises as well as the idea that Donald Trump is the greatest deal maker in the world.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Thinking, Obamacare, Years

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• You have every right to have your views. But don't let those views get in the way of indisputable facts!

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Views, Way, Facts

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• It's impossible to predict anything when it comes to Trump.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Impossible, Trump

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Donald Trump has been rewriting the rules since he got into politics.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Rewriting, Trump, Has Beens

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• I eat like a maniac when I am sick. My attitude is if I am going to die anyway in the next 24-48 hours, I mind as well live it up.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Attitude, Sick, Mind

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

• Where we are in politics is running down whatever doesn't agree with you.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Running, Agree

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com