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Mark Stephen Shields (born May 25, 1937) is an American political columnist and commentator.

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John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary.

South Carolina, Mccain, Primaries, Carolina, Primary

The White House, as Warren Harding said, and I think accurately, is an alchemist. We find out the strengths, the weaknesses and the smarts and the dumbs of whoever those occupants are under the pressure of the presidency.

Said, Smart, Smarts, Strengths, Thinking, White

Mitt Romney looks like a secretary of state. He looks like the chancellor of the exchequer.

Exchequer, Like, Looks, Romney, Secretary, States

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

Available, Determined, Education, Quality, School, Schools

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

Character, Destiny, Important, Campaigns

It's not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own, living their entire lives in the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of the parents every single day.

Army, Children, Foreign, Growing Up, Lives, Palestinian

It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And so these things are won in a day.

Day, Down, Down And, Party, Tea, Won

Sometimes, you just let the country have its way, and you don't try to determine the shape of the country. You sort of modestly step back and let the country figure out what it believes.

Believe, Believes, Country, Let, Modestly, Trying

I am struck the whole litany of people, especially of that era, who were involved in some scandal or another. Some of it was sexual. Some of it was more financial. And it was just all concentrated in a lot of people all at once.

Concentrated, Eras, People, Scandal, Sexual, Whole

I don't hear any clear, coherent message [from Democrats]. I mean, when you're a party out of power, it's the time to be a national party chair.

Mean, Message, Messages, National, Party, Time

Donald Trump is writing a different theme, which is it's midnight in America and that things are bad, and they're bleak, and they're gloomy and they're doomy, and the only thing that is going to save you is someone with the authority and power of somebody like me.

Writing, Authority And Power, America, Theme, Like

Gone is any mention of American exceptionalism. I happen to believe that twice, three times in the 20th century, the United States saved Western democracy, both World War - both World Wars and the Cold War.

Believe, Cold, Democracy, Times, United, War

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