Quotes from Kristen Soltis Anderson

Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home; that young Afghan women today are not only accessing an education but are able to meet young people from around the world and cheer on a robot of their own making is something beautiful.

President Trump rightly points out that law enforcement is mostly made up of good people putting themselves in harm's way to protect us. He lauds the men and women in blue and often talks about the need to make it easier for the cops to do their jobs.

President Trump is right about at least one thing: No matter what he does, America cannot stop talking about him.

Maybe President Trump will turn out to be a fabulously successful president who will endear the millennial generation to the Right anew.

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

It is fair to debate how much either bill - Obamacare in 2010, tax reform in 2018 - had or will have an impact on the midterms.

If there is one issue where one could justifiably assume that Republicans are all in agreement, it is on lowering taxes.

With an economy that is going strong and a belief that tomorrow will be better than today, it may be easier to just shrug it off if, say, an internet service you use like WhatsApp gets turned off by the government as the Communist Party's national congress approaches.

The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramatic ways.

My dad is an electrical engineer. So he was always very focused on, you know, teaching his daughters about, you know, science, math, technology. None of us actually became engineers for our careers, but I always had that exposure when I was young, and I just loved playing computer games.

Often times, when we talk about improving our public schools, it is easy to come back to the question of money. Are schools basically fine, just underfunded? Millennials say no - more funding isn't the cure-all for what ails our schools.

I dreamed of being like Sam Seaborn on 'The West Wing'.

The things that frustrate one piece of Trump's coalition often endear him to or embolden another wing of the coalition.

Winning feels great, and everybody loves a winner. But the very best figure out what's coming next and don't assume they've got the winning formula forever.

If a woman rising in power is too tough or aggressive, she's attacked for it. If she's attractive, she's accused of having used that to her advantage. And even if a woman is beyond qualified for a role, there will always be those who raise doubts about if she's really qualified.

Congress has been productive when focusing on bites of policy that don't inflame the divisions within the party and quietly do the work of governing.

When polled on Donald Trump's agenda, though pluralities of young people oppose his policies on immigration and healthcare, there is one issue where Trump's position wins outright majority support, even among young Democrats: trade.

Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential.

I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.

Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.

For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.

On paper, Emmanuel Macron should be a candidate tailor-made for young voters. He himself is young. He pushes for more entrepreneurship, modernization, and a loosening of regulations that prevent young workers from working as they please when they please.

'Trump is a mean man' is a message that Democrats used time and time and time again in the 2016 race. Airwaves were filled with reminders that Trump has insulted just about everyone.

In the relatively short time frame of December 2015 to March 2017, nearly half of all young Republicans left their party at some point, with roughly a quarter bidding the GOP adieu for good.