“Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.” IfsKnowsPresidentCircumstancesRepublicanPercentCampaignsPresidentialApprovalRatingMccainOutgoingPresidential CampaignApproval Rating Author:Rachel Maddow
“What I`m starting to think of as the mythical beast of the Republican establishment, which is the sort of inchoate idea that we keep talking about what they`re going to do and it never seems to have much impact or be manifest in very visible ways, obviously, it is one thing for Donald Trump to have taken a shot like he did early in his campaign at John McCain, calling him not a war hero.” ThinkingWayIdeasWarSeemsTalkingTakenOne ThingTrumpHeroCallingRepublicanShotsImpactStartingCampaignsBeastVisibleManifestEstablishmentMccainKeep TalkingWar HeroMythical Beasts Author:Rachel Maddow
“What we are doing in this campaign [2016], it just blows my mind every day because I see it clearly, we're taking on not only Wall Street and economic establishment, we're taking on the political establishment.” MindPoliticalEconomicStreetsWallBlowCampaignsEstablishment Author:Bernie Sanders
“We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.” TwoIndividualHalfMillionsCampaignsContributionCampaign Contributions Author:Bernie Sanders
“I was somewhat confused when senator [Bernie] Sanders said, well, you know, Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign, they`re part of the establishment.” KnowsHumansWellsSaidRightsHuman RightsCampaignsConfusedParenthoodEstablishmentSenatorsPlanned Parenthood Author:Hillary Clinton
“When people floated this idea that this was a conspiracy by the [Jeb] Bush campaign to undermine [Marco] Rubio, at first, it was like it`s too complicated, wheels within wheels but as I thought about it more I did buy that, that this is part of a campaign by Jeb to make it look like there`s no backup plan to Donald Trump, try to blow everything up and then all that will be left is Donald Trump and Jeb who nobody really likes but who has a ton of money and then he`s the only option left.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksIdeasLeftPlansTrumpBlowComplicatedCampaignsLikesWheelsConspiracyMarcosBackupBackup Plan Author:Josh Barro
“If Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign were part of the establishment, that would be time for all of us to just quit having to work so hard and defend it and fight for it.” IfsHumansHardWould BeFightingRightsHuman RightsQuittingCampaignsParenthoodEstablishmentPlanned Parenthood Author:Hillary Clinton
“I have fought the establishment, run primaries, my entire career. I think that for Planned Parenthood or NARAL or the Human Rights Campaign to be considered the establishment, somebody's not paying close attention to how American politics works.” ThinkingHumansRunningAttentionCareersRightsHuman RightsCampaignsPrimariesParenthoodEstablishmentAmerican PoliticsPlanned Parenthood Author:Claire McCaskill
“Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought.” HumansImportantFightingRightsStandingHuman RightsCampaignsParenthoodPlanned Parenthood Author:Bernie Sanders
“Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.” YearsHumansI CanBigsAmericaSpeakWalksSupportRightsHuman RightsProfitCampaignsTunesExecutivesWealthyParenthoodEstablishmentSenatorsPlanned ParenthoodNon Profit Author:Robert Reich
“There are a variety of groups, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, Sierra Club, that are groups that do very good work, that do a lot of things that I personally believe in, that are also as a descriptive matter they`re part of what you`re going to call an establishment in Washington of the sort of center-left probably, Center for American Progress. They are part of it.” BelieveHumansMatterLeftRightsProgressGroupsVery GoodHuman RightsClubsCampaignsVarietyParenthoodEstablishmentGood WorkPlanned ParenthoodSierra Author:Chris Hayes
“With all the talk of socialism among Democrats on the campaign trail lately, there are actually quite a few people on the right looking at how resources and capital are currently distributed in this country of ours and thinking, you know, there`s got to be a better way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayCountryResourcesDemocratCampaignsSocialismTrailsBetter Ways Author:Chris Hayes
“The New York Times and Politico report , as Bush continues to flounder on the campaign trail, backers are placing some of the blame on Right To Rise and its inability to sell their candidate.” New YorkBlameSellsCampaignsCandidatesReportsTrailsInabilityNew York Times Author:Chris Hayes
“As we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit ISIL harder than ever.” AirHarderPressureCampaignsIsil Author:Barack Obama
“Let's be clear about what this [presidential] campaign is about. It's not about Donald Trump, he's an entertaining guys, he's the greatest show on Earth.” ShowsEarthGuyClearTrumpCampaignsPresidentialEntertainingPresidential Campaign Author:Marco Rubio
“These are party-sanctioned debates. This is a presidential election, you show up at the debates. These are the rules. We have a series of unwritten rules of how campaigns are run, and everybody has followed those rules consistently over the decades. And no one has really even seriously thought about breaking them.” ShowsRunningPartyElectionSeriesDecadesCampaignsDebatePresidentialConsistentlyPresidential ElectionUnwrittenUnwritten Rules Author:Ryan Grim
“Campaign manager Eli Gold played by Alan Cumming on "The Good Wife" describing an old maxim in politics, don't commit to a decision before you have to. And that rule appears to have worked brilliantly for Democratic candidate front-runner Hillary Clinton, who has avoided taking a position on the president's trade agenda and has remained out of the ugly public spat with the progressive wing of her party. She has also not taken a position on the Iranian - on the talks.” PresidentDecisionPartyTakenWifeFrontsPositionGoldTradeWingsDemocraticClintonUglyCampaignsCommitManagersCandidatesAgendasProgressiveRunnersMaximsAvoidedDescribingIranianGood WifeSpats Author:Chris Matthews
“In light of Jeb Bush's recent fumbles on Iraq , maybe the Clinton campaign is making the smart move here by not saying.” LightMovingSmartClintonIraqCampaigns Author:Chris Matthews
“In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!” PeopleWorldGovernmentOrderIssuesEnvironmentPolicyWasteImpactVicesChinaCampaignsRestaurantsIntroducingVice VersaWorld EnvironmentFood Waste Author:Li Bingbing
“In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these wonderful species. They are not commodities. We need the whole world to join hands in getting this message now, particularly countries in Asia and certain communities that have not been educated about this. They have not had the campaigns that we had.” WorldNeedsCountryWholeHandsCertainCommunityWonderfulProductsMessagesWestSpeciesCampaignsWhole WorldEducatedCommodityAsiaIvory Author:Patrick Bergin
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“I looked pretty crazy but at the time, you don't think anything of it. You think, "I've got an amazing job. I'm working and this is cool." I remember I was being fit to go to a premiere for something at Burberry and Christopher Bailey, who designs the clothes there, saw a picture of me and I looked weird. I had short black hair, hardly any eyebrows, I looked very very thin and he went, "We need to put Douglas in a campaign." So four days later, I was shooting a Burberry campaign because he had seen me looking crazy from the show so that was kind of funny.” ThinkingNeedsKindShowsJobsRememberBlackSawsFourCrazyDesignHairFitClothesCampaignsShootingEyebrowsPremieresBlack HairAmazing JobBurberry Author:Douglas Booth
“We have a very old conservation movement, particularly in the United States, which has focused on campaigns to protect endangered species: the spotted owl, the old-growth forest. But usually it stops there. To me, biodiversity is the full spectrum. Species conservation is not only about wilderness conservation. ItÂ’s also about protecting the livelihood of people even while changing the dominant relationship that humans have had with other species. In India, itÂ’s an economic issue, not just an ecological one.” PeopleHumansStatesGrowthUnitedUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMovementProtectIndiaSpeciesFocusedCampaignsForestsWildernessDominantConservationSpectrumEcologicalLivelihoodOwlBiodiversityEndangered SpeciesEconomic Issues Author:Vandana Shiva
“The most significant impact is what it does in terms of the integrity of the legislative process and the executive process, as opposed to what it does for campaigns. But to remove this unheard of process in the 1990s, where members of Congress are being pushed and shoved every Tuesday to ask for $100,000, $500,000, a million dollars from corporations, unions, and individuals, this was never allowed in American history.” DoeAsksIndividualProcessTermMillionsIntegrityMembersImpactDollarsUnionsCongressCampaignsSignificantCorporationsRemoveExecutivesAmerican HistoryMillion DollarsTuesdayUnheardLegislative Process Author:Russ Feingold
“A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position and promote the worst of them to the front page. The sidewalk to crime becomes the marketing campaign. These artists have seen it work and sell millions and millions of records for other artists.” Has BeensArtistCoursesCan DoAttentionMillionsRecordsWorstMediaFrontsCrimePositionPagesGainsSellsMarketingCampaignsSidewalkMarketing Campaigns Author:Chuck D
“I don't want people to think that I'm there politicking for this person or that person. We're not doing that. This is a campaign for God. We need to get godly men and women to run for office, and we need to get the godly men and women out to vote.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsPersonsRunningOfficeMen And WomenVoteCampaignsGodlyGodly Man Author:Franklin Graham
“And that John F. Kennedy uttered the first variation of "ask not what your country can do for you" in Detroit on Labor Day in 1960. So Detroit was really central to Democratic politics United States. Every Democratic candidate would start their fall campaigns in Cadillac Square.” FirstsCountryStatesFallAsksCan DoUnitedUnited StatesLaborDemocraticCampaignsCandidatesSquares1960sVariationDetroitLabor DayCadillacs Author:David Maraniss
“They don't want to get dirty and they know that Trump loves this kind of thing. And your polls, and yours are what's giving them the material that they need, it's the oxygen that the Trump campaign requires, a poll every three or four days showing him where he is.” KnowsWantNeedsGivingKindThreeFourMaterialsTrumpCampaignsDirtyOxygenPolls Author:Ted Koppel
“Every single of us is going to be saying, "Thank God, finally, an interesting convention." But you're right about all those people out there. All the people who have been energized by the Trump campaign are going to be very, very angry folk if they think that Trump is not well treated.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsHas BeensInterestingTrumpAngryFolksCampaignsTreatedThank GodConventions Author:Ted Koppel
“And during the campaign of 1936, she writes that she and her brother would always rather be out doing things when they're sick, rather than take to their beds. And I think Eleanor Roosevelt always responded to pain by doing more, by doing something, by being active. And I think she just couldn't bear to look at her childhood grief. And she didn't.” ThinkingWritingLooksPainGriefChildhoodBrotherBearsBedSickActiveCampaignsEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I mean, in the campaign of '24 and in '28 and '32, you know, Eleanor Roosevelt insists that women have equal floor space. And this is a great victory over time. Then she wants women represented in equal numbers as men. And she wants the women to name the delegates. And the men want to name the delegates. Well, Eleanor is absolutely furious. And because they don't want her to walk away in 1924, she wins. And this is a great political victory. She has floor space equal to the men, and she has the right to name the women.” KnowsMenWantWellsMeanPoliticalWinningNamesSpaceWalksNumbersHe ManVictoryEqualCampaignsFuriousDelegatesEleanorGreat VictoryGreat PoliticalPolitical Victory Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I think that things were getting really very bad a couple of years ago, and there's been a very significant change in response to that on the part of the security forces and the government, but particularly the army. And you see Pakistan actually fighting terrorism and terrorists in a much more wholehearted way than had been occurring previously. It's not anywhere close to over yet, but you've seen a big change in the antiterrorism campaign here.” ThinkingWayYearsBigsGovernmentFightingForceSecurityCoupleYears AgoArmyResponseTerrorismCampaignsTerroristSignificantPakistanBig ChangesSignificant ChangeSecurity ForcesFighting Terrorism Author:Mohsin Hamid
“To picture Roosevelt as a man at this time in his life - he felt he was old. He was 53 years old, feeling lonely and irrelevant. And all of a sudden, he takes on this campaign, and it becomes a crusade for popular government. And he ultimately goes on fire in the campaign, but he discovers he's up against all the old machine tactics that he used to use himself, and he has to let the public get involved. And he energizes the public through the most extreme kind of rhetoric, which truly brings him into the streets and onto his side.” MenYearsKindUseFeelingsGovernmentUsedFeltSidesFireStreetsGoes OnInvolvedLonelyMachinesExtremesCampaignsRhetoricIrrelevantTacticsGet InvolvedFeeling LonelyCrusadesOld Feelings Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“And so there are a lot of bad things. And in this campaign, if there's somebody you don't think should be nominated, if you think there's a coarseness to the campaign that's horrible, if you think it's creating voices around the world that seem to speak for America and damages in the world, you may say it's pretty horrible. On the other hand - what's the reverse?” IfsThinkingWorldShouldMayHandsSeemsAmericaSpeakVoiceCreatingCampaignsHorribleAround The WorldDamageBad ThingsReverse Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“Hillary Clinton is under fire from Latinos, specifically online. This comes from a recent blog post by Clinton's campaign that was meant to reach out to Latinos. Instead, it offended many people.” PeopleFireClintonCampaignsPostsOnlineReach OutOffendedBlogsLatino Author:Ari Shapiro
“What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.” PeopleCountryJobsMillionsCampaignsPresidency Author:Bernie Sanders
“I might sound like a crazy person, but that's the way I pump myself up. You know how some people are just like 'I have to talk about it'? Sometimes I'll call my husband and we'll talk about it, sometimes I have to talk to myself in the mirror. So I start talking to myself: 'You got this. Don't think of this as Sports Illustrated, just think about this as the best swimsuit campaign you've done in your life. And just kill it and own it and don't put that pressure on yourself.'” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayPersonsSometimesDoneMightSportsSoundTalkingKnow HowCrazyHusbandPressureMirrorsCampaignsMy HusbandPumpsCrazy PersonSports IllustratedSwimsuits Author:Ashley Graham
“The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people's needs and desires from what Congress is doing. So to my mind, what we have got to do is wage a political revolution where millions of people have given up on the political process, stand up and fight back, demand the government that represents us and not just a handful of campaign contribution - contributors.” PeopleNeedsMindRealityGovernmentPoliticalDesireFightingGivenProcessMillionsRevolutionDemandCongressCampaignsFinanceContributionHandfulGiven UpContributorsCampaign FinancePolitical RevolutionCampaign Contributions Author:Bernie Sanders
“What we need to do is to stand up to the big money interests, and the campaign contributors. When we do that, we can, in fact, transform America.” NeedsFactsBigsAmericaInterestCampaignsContributors Author:Bernie Sanders
“Let's talk about why, in the 1990s, Wall Street got deregulated. Did it have anything to do with the fact that Wall Street provided - spent billions of dollars on lobbying and campaign contributions? Well, some people might think, yeah, that had some influence.” PeopleThinkingWellsFactsMightInfluenceStreetsWallYeahDollarsBillionsCampaignsContributionLobbyingCampaign Contributions Author:Bernie Sanders
“There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view, it is undermining American democracy and it is allowing Congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors and not the working families of this country.” PeopleCountryReasonPoliticalViewsDemocracyStreetsHugeWallAmountCongressCampaignsReason WhyWealthyAllowingPolitical SystemsUnderminingContributorsAmerican Democracy Author:Bernie Sanders
“Goldman Sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy and ruin the lives of millions of Americans. But this is what a rigged economy and a corrupt campaign finance system and a broken criminal justice is about. These guys are so powerful that not one of the executives on Wall Street has been charged with anything after paying, in this case of Goldman Sachs, a $5 billion fine.” Has BeensGuyJusticePowerfulCompanyMillionsCasesEconomyStreetsBrokenWallFineActivityCriminalsBillionsCampaignsFinanceRuinsExecutivesIllegalCriminal JusticeRiggedCampaign FinanceGoldman SachsIllegal Activities Author:Bernie Sanders
“I support special forces. I support trainers. I support the air campaign. And I think we're making some progress. I want to continue to intensify that, and that's exactly what the president is doing.” ThinkingWantForcePresidentSupportProgressAirSpecialCampaignsTrainersSpecial Forces Author:Hillary Clinton
“Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter suppression. I believe that our campaign up to now has shown that we can create an enormous amount of enthusiasm from working people, from young people, who will get involved in the political process and which will drive us to a very large voter turnout.” PeopleWayBelieveYoungPoliticalWinningI BelieveProcessAmountInvolvedRepublicanCampaignsEnormousEnthusiasmVotersGet InvolvedSuppressionDemoralizedVoter SuppressionVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“If there is a large voter turnout, not only do we retain the White House, but I think we regain the Senate. We win governors' chairs up and down the line. So I believe if you want to retain the White House, if you want to see Democrats do well across the board, I think our campaign is the one that creates the large voter turnout and helps us win.” IfsThinkingWantBelieveWellsHelpingHouseWinningI BelieveLinesWhiteDemocratCampaignsBoardsChairsWhite HouseVotersSenateGovernorsUp And DownVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“I personally am thrilled at the numbers of people, and particularly young people who are coming to support Bernie Sanders campaign. I hope that I will be able to earn their support. They may not support me now, but I support them and we'll work together.” PeopleMayAbleTogetherYoungNumbersSupportCampaignsWorking TogetherSupport Me Author:Hillary Clinton
“That it is not the people who really feel that way, but it is people who have the most money to fire up these propaganda campaigns, these like, basically these lies that they are willing to lie to the public in order to manipulate them into doing what they want. And to me it doesn't make any sense.” PeopleWayWantFeelsLyingOrderFireWillingCampaignsPropagandaManipulate Author:Margaret Cho
“There was always this sense, even early on in the campaign, that if the senator Obama could score this upset victory in Iowa, that there was a pretty good chance that he would end up being president of the United States.” IfsEndsStatesPresidentChanceUnitedUnited StatesVictoryCampaignsUpsetScoreSenatorsIowaGood Chance Author:Josh Earnest
“didn't come from a particularly political family. My parents were regular voters. My parents didn't make enough money to contribute to campaigns, and they didn't really knock on doors for candidates when I was growing up.” EnoughPoliticalParentGrowing UpGrowingDoorsCampaignsCandidatesVoters Author:Josh Earnest
“You have got to know what you're doing on your very first day there. So, look, this is not an attack or anything of that nature. It's just a very simple observation. If you want to be president, you have to start detailing some specific public policy. And I don't think from this point forward in the campaign, voters are going to be as tolerant of the lack of that as they have been up to now.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantFirstsLooksHas BeensPresidentSimplePolicyCampaignsObservationVotersPublic Policy Author:Marco Rubio