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I don't see it either as a negotiating ploy or a public relations tactic. The only thing I can come up with is that they believe the Village hype that they will be "heroes" for bucking the popular will. And perhaps they will be -- not in the public's...
Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC news and senior new analyst for NPR news takes the podium to deliver the commencement address during University of Illinois ceremonies in Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Cokie Roberts,...
Cokie Roberts, left, moderates a panel with first lady experts, from left, Catherine Allgor, Allida Black and Amity Shales as part of the conference "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision," at SMU in Dallas, Monday, March 5, 2012. View Photo »
We are so terribly sad about the news ... We want to thank all who searched so diligently for Katie, and we are deeply distressed for the family who fostered Katie for three loving months. We cannot say enough good things about Lab Rescue of the LRCP and its dedicated volunteers. We urge all the kind pe...
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Treasury Secretary Ray LaHood, Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sebelius, and acting General Services Administration head Dan Tangherlini spoke with former news anchor Cokie Roberts at the Partnership for...
Panel moderator and longtime broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts, who called the agency leaders “brave” for taking questions about the recent scandals, asked what agencies were doing to make female career employees “comfortable at work without having to...
Dick Lugar is probably going to wake up Wednesday morning a loser, his staff making arrangements to collect and transfer his papers. If all these nice things that people like Cokie Roberts and Barack Obama say about him are to be believed, he'll...
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Dr. George Rupp, Cokie Roberts and Neal Keny-Guyer attend the DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City. View Photo »
ABC News’ Cokie Roberts added that Maher’s comments, like Rosen’s, hurt the Democratic image. ‘The fact is, is that it plays into an image of the Democrats as this out of — out of touch with regular people and — and elitist and kind of snooty,’ said Roberts.
Monday, May 07, 2012 By Cokie Roberts / Steve Inskeep Vice President Joe Biden said he is "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples. President Obama does not publicly support...
Monday, April 30, 2012 By Cokie Roberts / Steve Inskeep For more about the week ahead in politics, Steve Inskeep talks to regular Morning Edition contributor Cokie Roberts.
Cokie Roberts (born December 27, 1943) is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Roberts also works as political commentator for ABC News, serving as an... Full Article
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Dr. George Rupp, Cokie Roberts and Neal Keny-Guyer attend the DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Cokie Roberts speaks at the DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Cokie Roberts (L) and Diane Nelson attend the DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: Cokie Roberts attends the Mental Health HOPE symposium at the Reserve Officers Association on November 16, 2011 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Dr. George Rupp, Jeff Bewkes, Barry Meyer, Jeff Robinov, Diane Nelson, Dr. Maura O'Neill, Cokie Roberts and Neal Keny-Guyer attend DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »This handout photo provided by the Mental Health HOPE Symposium, Cokie Roberts look on at center as actress Glenn Close, right, shakes hands with Tipper Gore prior to addressing the Mental Health HOPE Symposium, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011,on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Symposium was...
View Photo »PALM DESERT - JULY 12: The body of former first lady Betty Ford lies in repose July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died Friday at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary...
View Photo »PALM DESERT - JULY 12: People depart a National Tribute Service for former first lady Betty Ford July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died Friday at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama,...
View Photo »PALM DESERT - JULY 12: People file past the body of former first lady Betty Ford as she lies in repose July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died on July 8 at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama,...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: Steve Ford (L) comforts his brother Jack Ford during the funeral for their mother and former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama,...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: Michael Ford speaks during the funeral for his mother and former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: Geoff Mason, former director of the Betty Ford Center, delivers a eulogy during the funeral for former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: (L-R) Former President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama attend the funeral for former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family,...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: A military honor guard carries the casket of former first lady Betty Ford into her funeral at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: Framed by palm trees, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff outside the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford, at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Family, dignitaries, including first lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of...
View Photo »PALM DESERT - JULY 12: Jack Ford (3L) and Mike Ford (4L) watch as a casket carrying the body of their mother former first lady Betty Ford is carried into a National Tribute Service July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died on July 8 at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical...
View Photo »PALM DESERT - JULY 12: A casket carrying the body of former first lady Betty Ford is carried into a National Tribute Service July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died July 8, at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Family, dignitaries, including first...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, site the of a National Tribute Service for former first lady Betty Ford, is seen July 12, 2011 in Palm Desert, California. Ford died Friday at the age of 93 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Family, dignitaries,...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: In this image released by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, the children of former first lady Betty Ford, (background L-R) Susan Ford Bales, Mike Ford, Jack Ford and Steve Ford, and other family members gather around the casket of the first lady in the...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: From top left, former President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Rosalynn Carter watch as members of the armed forces carry the coffin bearing the body of former first lady Betty Ford...
View Photo »PALM DESERT, CA - JULY 12: In this image released by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, (L-R) Mike Ford, former President George W. Bush, Jack Ford, Susan Ford Bales, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama, and Steve Ford stand as...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Dr. George Rupp, Cokie Roberts and Neal Keny-Guyer attend the DC Entertainment Launch of 'We Can Be Heroes' at Time Warner Center on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »We are so terribly sad about the news ... We want to thank all who searched so diligently for Katie, and we are deeply distressed for the family who fostered Katie for three loving months. We cannot say enough good things about Lab Rescue of the LRCP and its dedicated volunteers. We urge all the kind pe...
ABC News’ Cokie Roberts added that Maher’s comments, like Rosen’s, hurt the Democratic image. ‘The fact is, is that it plays into an image of the Democrats as this out of — out of touch with regular people and — and elitist and kind of snooty,’ said Roberts.
But what Maher does and what Rosen did ... plays into an image of the Democrats as this out of touch with regular people and elitist and kind of snooty.
ABC News’ Cokie Roberts added that Maher’s comments, like Rosen’s, hurt the Democratic image. ‘The fact is, is that it plays into an image of the Democrats as this out of — out of touch with regular people and — and elitist and kind of snooty,’ said Roberts.
We’re not talking about his taxes, we’re talking about how much money he has ... And he’s very, very, very rich. And he needs to find a way to talk about that so that voters don’t — aren’t turned off by [it].
This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts
Mommy wars are always a big issue, and it makes me crazy, frankly. I mean, it is true that women are working wherever they are, and the fact that they denigrate each other’s choices is absurd
People see Barack Obama as much more likable than they see Mitt Romney, but Ann Romney is really likable ... And she’s been all over the place this week, and people have gotten to know her, and that is a big plus for him.
The minus is ... they can always find you.
Young black men or black men of any age, you know, are considered suspects ... And whether it’s a cab driver who won’t pick them up or whether it’s a white person crossing the street because she’s nervous to have a black man on the same side of the street as she is, that’s real. That happens in our soci...
