Jeff Greenfield
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Jeff Greenfield is a prominent political journalist and a witness to significant historical moments in American politics. This interview reveals his ability to analyze and articulate the complexities of political change, showcasing his strategic thinking and incisive decision-making.
“Everybody's getting ready for a victory party. We had kind of 60s kind of weird clothes. We were going to go to a hot place. I know. I had a narrow jacket, literally. We were going to go to a hot place called the factory, a disco, I think it was. And we started seeing what was going on on television.”
“Jumping into piranha-infested waters in Brazil, Richard Goodwin writes a lot about this Book, I think it's called Remembering America, a wonderful account of the time. And Evan Thomas' very even-handed biography of Bobby makes the point of this almost reckless need. You know, he was the runt of the litter.”
“Been Dick's day, Robert Kennedy said, I'm reassessing, which understandably produced a great amount of resentment on the part of the people who said, look, McCarthy came when nobody else would. Now that he's proven that Johnson's vulnerable, now you're coming in.”
“The rest of the 60s and early 70s, I think, would have been less dark. You know, you were in the middle of a cultural revolution, a sexual revolution, black and white were at each other's throats in a lot of places.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 55 - Jeff Greenfield
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