Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David S. Broder was online to talk about politics, the Bush administration and public policy on Wednesday, May 30. Broder has written extensively about primaries, elections, special interests and the business of politics. The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point. The transcript follows.
Presidents come, presidents go.
Congress changes from one party to another. Ted Kennedy remains powerful no matter what. Those years of experience have taught him a lot. Some of it comes from the quality of his staff, which always has been exceotional. And part of it derives from his skill in building personal relationships across the party aisle.