Daniel Pfeiffer

I've always believed that the fundamental, driving strategic ethos of the Republican House leadership has been, 'What do we do to get through the next caucus or conference without getting yelled at?' We should never assume they have a long game. ”

I do think the strategy of Trump, and now the Republican Party, is to eviscerate the idea of objective truth. ”

I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion. ”

Every legislative meeting on how to pass health care, the communications director or someone from the communications team would be a part of because we did a lot of press interviews when we were trying to pass the Affordable Care Act specifically designed to help pass the bill. ”

The greatest danger zone a president can be in is when he is being attacked on the left and the right. ”

The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.' ”

What drives 90 percent of stuff is not the small tactical decisions or the personal relationships but the big, macro political incentives. ”

I was incredibly - I've never been more confident of anything in my life that Hillary Clinton was going to win and Donald Trump would lose by a very large margin. ”

There's never been a time when we've taken progressive action and regretted it. ”

I've always been of the view that people want to see their president periodically not taking himself too seriously. ”