“Nothing works on the campaign trail like attacks on candidates for bad attendance. It alienates people on both sides of every issue and reflects a callous disregard of the work of the people. The feeble argument that "I'm running for president" isn't much of a rebuttal: George W. Bush finds time to be president, and he's running too.” PeopleRunningSidesPresidentIssuesArgumentCampaignsCandidatesBoth SidesTrailsDisregardCallousAttendanceRebuttal Author:Dick Morris
“Legislative action will never bring genuine campaign-finance reform. Consultants will prove endlessly inventive in gaming whatever system the reformers can devise so as to give their candidate an edge and allow the power of massive money to be felt. But reform laws will become irrelevant and redundant as the Internet replaces the special-interest fat cats as the best way to raise money and takes the place of TV as the most effective way to get votes.” WayGivingActionLawFeltInterestSpecialTvsInternetProveCatVoteRaisesEdgesCampaignsGenuineBest WayFatsFinanceReformCandidatesMassiveIrrelevantSpecial InterestsGamingReformersConsultantsRedundantCampaign FinanceCampaign Finance Reform Author:Dick Morris
“The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.” PeopleYearsThreeLevelsTvsPoliticianCostYears AgoThirdsDrivingCandidatesBuyingAdsThree TimesCampaigningWatching Tv Author:Dick Morris
“Despite romantic fantasies about caring candidates who learn of America in donut shops, most politicians rely on media to teach them what concerns the average person.” PersonsAmericaPoliticalPoliticsTeachFantasyMediaPoliticianConcernAverageCaringDespiteRelyCandidatesShopsAverage PersonDonuts Book:The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century Source: The New Prince: Machiavelli Updated for the Twenty-First Century
“No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.” ActionWinningRaceMilitaryPrideGayIraqPresidentialCandidatesGay MarriageOpposingAdvocatingGay PrideMilitary Action Author:Dick Morris
“Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination.” MindIdeasUseElectionBillsCleanDemocraticClintonPrimariesCandidatesAmbitiousCompetingNominationsGeneral Elections Author:Dick Morris
