Katrina vanden Heuvel debates the role of former President Clinton and the primary results from Nevada on Sunday’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos roundtable.
“Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up.”
“Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they’ve taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back.”
“I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city.”
“The media and pollsters don’t focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights — things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly the hot button issues.”
“The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of great benefit to the entire country.”