David Broder
Journalist, The Washington Post
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David S. Broder is best known for the twice-weekly political column he writes for the Washington Post, where he has been on staff since 1966. Before joining the Post, he worked at the New York Times, the Congressional Quarterly,the now-defunct Washington Star and the Bloomington, IL Pantagraph. Broder appears as a frequent pundit on television programs such as Washington Week and Meet the Press. In addition to the Pulitzer, which he received in 1973, Broder was the receipient of the 1990 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. He is the author and co-author of six books, most recently The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, with Haynes Johnson(1996). Broder taught at Duke University from 1987-88. Since 2001, he has held a tenured professorship at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. After receiving his AB in 1947 and his AM in 1951, both in Political Science, from the University of Chicago, Broder served in the United States Army for two years.
Ideas recorded on: 9/13/07
Description: Show up every day, Broder says. Transcript: Well the best advice is to show up every day. I mean there’s nothing that substitutes for being on the scene when […]
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Broder would like to have a chat with Mike Mansfield.
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David Broder talks about his book on a younger generation of politicians who came of age during the Vietnam era.
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Broder thinks there is room for an Independent party.
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Broder talks about the challenges of sharing a party with an unpopular president.
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Broder talks about Democrats today.
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Broder believes we should judge presidents as individuals.
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Broder remembers a time when Congress wouldn’t leave an issue alone until it was fixed.
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Stop the gerrymandering, Broder says.
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The current model of politics by soundbyte is stifling real debate.
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These days, few newspapers have the resources to send people past the briefing room.
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Broder believes that we’re seeing a transition, rather than a steady decline.
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