“Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election.” MadeI CanNextMistakeImagineHeardPicksElectionClintonStatementsAdministrationAlsImagine ThatGoreMantrasMistakes Were Made Author:Barbara Olson
“In a new interview, the president discussed the upcoming election. He said that Hillary Clinton is going to do great as a presidential candidate. When asked how Biden would do, Obama said, 'Hillary's going to do great.'” SaidPresidentElectionClintonPresidentialCandidatesInterviewsPresidential CandidateBiden Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Jeb Bush announced today on the Internet that he may run for president. The next presidential election could be Bush vs. Clinton. It will be like 1992 all over again except I won't be in rehab.” MayRunningTodayNextPresidentInternetElectionClintonPresidentialRehabPresidential Election Author:Craig Ferguson
“It's nine months before the election and Bush's poll numbers have fallen to the exact level that his father's poll numbers were nine months before he lost to Bill Clinton. Today front runner John Kerry said he's not superstitious, but just to be on the safe side, he's going to start f---ing everything that moves.” SaidTodayMovingFatherLostSidesLevelsNumbersFrontsMonthsSafeElectionBillsClintonNineFallenRunnersPollsSuperstitiousJohn KerryNine Months Author:Bill Maher
“As you may have heard, former President Bill Clinton says he's coming here to California to help Governor Gray Davis in his recall election campaign. Which is ironic, isn't it? When Clinton was president, he couldn't recall anything.” MayHelpingPresidentHeardElectionBillsClintonCampaignsFormerCaliforniaGrayIronicGovernorsRecallsPresident Bill Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“There are change elections and there are 'more of the same' elections, and there was a lot of economic anxiety in the 1992 election and (Bill Clinton) was able to drive a change narrative. after eight years of Barack Obama, it's very difficult to understand what kind of change it is that Hillary Clinton's candidacy could represent.” YearsKindAbleDifficultChangeEconomicAnxietyElectionBillsClintonEightBarackNarrativeCandidacy Author:Steve Schmidt
“It's important to be qualified, but if election 2016 is a resume competition, then Hillary Clinton's gonna be the next president, because she's been in office and in government longer than anybody else.” IfsImportantGovernmentNextPresidentOfficeElectionCompetitionClintonQualifiedResumes Author:Marco Rubio
“It seems like election 2016 has been a whole lot about a person who's very high in the polls, that doesn't have a clue about how to govern.A person who has been filled with scandals, and who could not lead, and, of course, I'm talking about Hillary Clinton.I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country, and who believes that once again we can be one nation, under God.” ThinkingBelievePersonsHas BeensCountryWholeSeemsAmericaCoursesNationsTalkingTroubleGreatnessElectionFilledClintonClueScandalPollsOne Nation Under God Author:Mike Huckabee
“Between trying to impeach Bill Clinton, Florida 2000, and the recall in California, I'm beginning to think that Republicans will do anything to win an election-except get the most votes.” ThinkingTryingWinningRepublicanVoteElectionBillsClintonCaliforniaRecallsFlorida Author:Bill Maher
“I focus most of my attention on Hillary Clinton and her disastrous policies. I mean, there's a real danger in this election. Electing Hillary Clinton in an era where we now are so pessimistic about the future, would double down on [Barack] Obama economics and a failed foreign policy - so most of my attention is about my record and about defeating Hillary Clinton.” MeanRealAttentionRecordsFocusDangerPolicyEconomicsElectionClintonBarackErasForeign PolicyPessimistic Author:Jeb Bush
“We don't have the Democrats doing a Fox News debate. They have decided they want to boycott Fox News, at least this election cycle. I don't see Hillary and Bernie Sanders doing a Fox News debate. And they should. We have great journalists on this network. I'm an opinion person. It wouldn't be me - that I think would do a great job. But if they're not going to put themselves in an environment like this, do you have to now reconsider, in other words, going forward, that maybe these liberal networks don't deserve the access to these candidates?” IfsThinkingWantShouldPersonsJobsOpinionEnvironmentNewsDeserveDecidedElectionClintonDemocratAccessDebateJournalistCandidatesCyclesFoxesGreat JobFox NewsBoycott Author:Sean Hannity
“People are already talking about the next presidential election. There's stories all over about who might run. At a recent speech, a prominent Democrat said that Hillary Clinton should not run because she can't win. Immediately after the speech, Hillary told her husband to shut up.” PeopleShouldSaidStoriesMightRunningNextWinningTalkingHusbandSpeechElectionClintonDemocratPresidentialShut UpProminentCan't WinPresidential Election Author:Conan O'Brien
“Being a little older is not going to win election. Being a little younger might, especially if the older candidates, Hillary Clinton included, can`t make the case that they have learned something that the younger crowd doesn`t know.” IfsKnowsLittlesMightWinningCasesElectionClintonCrowdsCandidates Author:Chris Matthews
“Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced budget-but these are ploys, mirages: they exist only to undermine positions taken by the Republicans. He doesn't fight for anything substantive-except of course, re-election. ...He has fallen into the dangerous habit of lip synching the presidency: he gives the appearance of leadership, but not the substance.” GivingFightingCoursesTakenCuttingDangerousPositionHabitRepublicanTaxesElectionBillsClintonLipsAppearanceReformSubstanceBudgetsWelfareFallenBalancedPresidencyTax CutsMiragesBalanced BudgetPloyWelfare Reform Author:Joe Klein
“If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real political choices - choices framed by our appetite for government services and our distaste for taxes - but rather artificial choices crafted by Clinton to advance his reelection. Clinton has clearly been using the budget as an election platform...I dislike using the word 'lies,' but Clinton exploits such forbearance (widespread in the press) to spread untruths.” IfsWayRealGovernmentPoliticalLyingChoicesPresidentTaxesElectionPressesClintonSpreadCampaignsDebateBudgetsAppetiteDislikeArtificialPlatformsExploitsFramedUntruthForbearancePresident ClintonDistasteReelectionGovernment Service Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“From my admittedly cranky perspective, Bush/Cheney are lousy on the Bill of Rights, Clinton/Gore were lousy on the Bill of Rights, and everyone within bribing distance of the 2008 election (Hillary, McCain, Giuliani) are lousy on the Bill of Rights, too.” RightsPerspectiveElectionBillsDistanceClintonGoreMccainBill Of RightsCranky Author:Matt Welch
“A recent analysis of election coverage by the Tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found that Bernie Sanders received just ten minutes out of 857 minutes of campaign coverage in 2015. Compare that to 234 minutes for Donald Trump, and 113 for Hillary Clinton.” FoundMinutesTrumpTenNewsProgramElectionClintonTrackCampaignsCompareAnalysisReportsCoverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“If you look at polls, Hillary Clinton is considered the toughest in a field of men. That`s no small victory for her going towards a general election.” IfsMenLooksFieldsVictoryElectionClintonPollsGeneral ElectionsSmall Victories Author:Joe Conason
“I think win the election big, if she can win it, I`d like to see Hillary Clinton 54, 55 percent because I want her to rule the country.” IfsThinkingWantCountryBigsWinningPercentElectionClinton Author:Ryan Grim
“Health care is still the number-one issue out there. Someone who seizes it, I think, will do very well in an election. Let's face it: Clinton's two big issues were the middle class tax cut, which he dropped, wisely, at the time to help reduce the deficit, and health care. That's what he ran on.” ThinkingWellsStillsTwoHelpingBigsCareFacesNumbersClassIssuesCuttingMiddleTaxesElectionClintonHealth CareRanMiddle ClassDeficitTax Cuts Author:Russ Feingold
“I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.” ThinkingWantImportantStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesElectionAgreeClinton Author:Mitt Romney
“When Ruth Bader Ginsburg came in front of the Senate and was approved 96-3 to be on the Supreme Court to replace conservative justice Byron White. This is in 1993.Now, Justice Ginsburg, it was noted earlier, was a general counsel for the ACLU, certainly a liberal group. It was abundantly clear during the confirmation hearing that Ginsburg would swing the balance of the court to the left.But because President [Bill] Clinton won the election and because Justice Ginsburg clearly had the intellectual ability and integrity to serve on the court, she was confirmed.” LeftPresidentJusticeAbilityWhiteClearGroupsFrontsBalanceIntegrityIntellectualElectionBillsCourtClintonConservativeHearingSupremeSenateSwingsSupreme CourtApprovedConfirmationRuthByronPresident Bill Clinton Author:Sam Brownback
“Besides, does it really matter who hacked Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton's election campaign team database? Does it? What really matters is the content shown to the community. This is what the discussion should be held about.” ShouldDoeMatterCommunityTeamElectionClintonCampaignsDiscussionHackedDatabases Author:Vladimir Putin
“To look at the climate crisis alone - and in my view this is an election where we're not just deciding what kind of a world we will be but whether we will have a world or not, going forward. And the climate crisis, for one thing, you know, Hillary [Clinton] has not repudiated fracking by any means, nor fossil fuels.” KnowsWorldLooksKindMeanViewsOne ThingElectionCrisisClintonClimateFuelFossilsFossil FuelFracking Author:Jill Stein
“On the other hand, there was hard evidence of real tampering in the election, and that was the email, you know, that were revealed from the DNC, that showed, in fact, that the DNC was collaborating with Hillary's [Clinton] campaign, and with some members of the corporate media, to smear Bernie Sanders and to really pull the rug out from under him. So, there's no doubt about that tampering, and that's when they began to say, oh, the Russians are doing this terrible stuff to our election.” KnowsRealHardFactsHandsStuffDoubtMediaTerribleMembersEvidenceElectionClintonCampaignsCorporateNo DoubtEmailCollaborating Author:Jill Stein
“You have the Republican establishment that is moving into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. What's happening in this election is sort of proof of principle.” MovingPrinciplesRepublicanHappeningsElectionClintonProofCampsEstablishment Author:Jill Stein
“There are no winners in this election [2016]. I paid attention to it for about two months and then it just started to depress me. At least Hillary's [Clinton] a politician, but the fact that you've got a guy from a reality TV show! I have to say, out of everything I've ever watched in sports - the greatest comebacks ever - watching [Donald Trump] get the nomination for the Republican Party is the most astounding thing I've ever seen.” TwoFactsShowsRealityGuySportsPartyAttentionTvsMonthsTrumpPoliticianRepublicanPaidElectionClintonWinnerDepressingTv ShowsRepublican PartyComebackTwo MonthsNominationsReality TvNo Winners Author:Bill Burr
“I dislike both of [candidates] but there's obviously no choice in the election - if you're concerned about the future of anything, you need to vote for Hillary Clinton.” IfsNeedsChoicesConcernedVoteElectionClintonCandidatesDislike Author:Dylan Moran
“The Cook Political Report now predicting senate democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats, which would give them the majority. Pointing out the history shows that races in the Toss Up column never split down the middle, one party tends to win the lion`s share of them. With two weeks to Election Day, there`s not enough time for republicans to recover toss-up seats in states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading, considering this, early voting is under way, and [Donald]Trump won`t be any help especially since his campaign doesn`t really have a ground game to speak of.” WayGivingTwoStatesEnoughHelpingShowsPoliticalGamesWinningSpeakPartyRaceFiveWeekShareMiddleTrumpRepublicanPicksElectionMajorityClintonDemocratSevenCampaignsCooksSeatsReportsVotingLionsSenateSplitsConsideringPointingTwo WeeksColumnsEnough TimeTossPredictingElection DayNot Enough Time Author:Chris Hayes
“[Hillary Clinton chose to make her marriage work. That is just outrageous.]It speaks of the sexism and the misogyny in this election [2016].” SpeakElectionClintonSexismMisogynyOutrageous Author:Star Jones
“Hillary Clinton has had a small but persistent lead since June - anywhere from 2 to 5 points. The stock markets and the election betting pools are predicting a Clinton win.” WinningElectionClintonPoolPersistentJuneBettingPredicting Author:Mara Liasson
“Democrats came into the race with a structural advantage in the Electoral College. Their big blue wall - the states that Democrats have won in the past six presidential elections - gave [Hillary] Clinton a strong base to build on.” StatesBigsPastStrongRaceCollegeWallSixAdvantageElectionBlueClintonDemocratPresidentialPresidential ElectionElectoral College Author:Mara Liasson
“I was going to say we saw Secretary [Hillary] Clinton reported that she believes that she would've won the election but for the interference of the FBI director James Comey.” BelieveSawsDirectorsElectionClintonSecretaryFbiInterference Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Such a closely divided election; Secretary [Hillary] Clinton won the popular votes.Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin - about 112,000 votes separated the two candidates as well.” WellsTwoVoteElectionClintonCandidatesDividedSecretaryMichiganPennsylvaniaWisconsinPopular Vote Author:George Stephanopoulos
“If those were Donald Trump people doing that after a Hillary Clinton election, I think a lot of people be - a lot of that - there would be a lot more anger in the media at the fact that they're protesting a legitimately decided election.” PeopleIfsThinkingFactsWould BeMediaTrumpDecidedElectionClinton Author:Rudy Giuliani
“More than half the U.S. population and more than half of the voters in this election were women. Among them, 42 percent voted for Donald Trump, 54 percent went for Hillary Clinton, essentially the reverse of how men voted.” MenHalfTrumpPercentElectionClintonPopulationVotersReverse Author:Judy Woodruff
“I spoke to a blogger. It was election time when we were doing the movie and Hillary Clinton was still in the running. This blogger was doing a story on democratic women who were anti-Hillary. He was on the computer speaking to these women and it made me realize that you can reach a much broader audience online but on the other hand Russell's [Crowe] character argues that you still need to get on the streets and see people face to face, and check your facts.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCharacterFactsStoriesHandsRunningFacesRealizingAudienceStreetsComputerElectionDemocraticClintonArguingChecksOnlineSpokesFace To FaceBloggersElection Time Author:Rachel McAdams
“Hillary Clinton, [Democrats] say, leads the popular vote by two million, and a shift of a few votes in a few states would have won the election.” TwoStatesMillionsVoteElectionClintonDemocratPopular Vote Author:Steve Inskeep
“Now, the Clinton campaign, you must understand something about the Clintons, and it's true of [Barack] Obama, and it's true of most Democrats. They are always in campaign mode. Even after they win elections, they stay in campaign mode in terms of how they reach people.” PeopleWinningTermElectionClintonDemocratCampaignsBarack Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I can't predict if I will see a woman president, but I think I may well because, again, Hillary Clinton got more votes probably than any other Democratic candidate ever, except for Obama. But she got more votes than Trump and she got more votes than Richard Nixon got when he won the election, more votes than John Kennedy got when he won.” IfsThinkingWellsMayI CanPresidentTrumpVoteElectionDemocraticClintonCandidatesJohn Kennedy Author:Barbara Boxer
“Then the actual count comes in and not only does that not happen, [Donald] Trump wins, Hillary [Clinton] loses, they don't get anywhere near the House. They've lost the Senate. They've lost 1,200 seats in the last three elections. They don't have a national party, just one election. And in this next bite, Kellyanne Conway is pointing this out to them.” DoeHappensLastsThreeNextHouseWinningLostLosesPartyTrumpElectionClintonJust OneSeatsBitesSenatePointing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. It's not that Libya has cheap oil. She perceived the removal of [Muammar] Gaddafi and the overthrow of the Libyan state - something that she would use in her run-up to the general election for President.” StatesUseRunningThreePresidentThousandElectionClintonOilThirtyEmailRemovalLibyaGeneral ElectionsGaddafiMuammar Gaddafi Author:Julian Assange
“I know it's - this is this insane analysis. Hillary Clinton lost the election because her ideas were bad. She didn't fit the electorate. She ignored states that she shouldn't have, and Donald Trump was the change agent, OK?” KnowsIdeasStatesLostTrumpFitElectionClintonInsaneAgentsAnalysisIgnoredElectorateChange Agent Author:Reince Priebus
“I know this, that there were thousands and thousands of hours given to Hillary Clinton's e-mail server and Benghazi. It seems to me we need bipartisanship now to look at exactly what happened in this election and exactly the things that people like James Comey did and put it in context to make sure we have all the facts, because I don't think anyone is comfortable with how this election played out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksFactsSeemsGivenHoursHappenedComfortableElectionClintonMailServerBipartisanshipBenghazi Author:Claire McCaskill
“At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good. And, you know, Donald Trump was just an entertaining buffoon to watch. And, over time, you came to realize that Donald Trump was appealing to a lot of people with his populist message. And, slowly, I think, even as a show, we started shifting in tone as the election started shifting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShowsPresidentRealizingWatchesTrumpMessagesElectionClintonDemocratTrackBarackToneEntertainingLooking GoodShiftingPopulistBuffoons Author:Trevor Noah
“If you look at this election, I feel like Donald Trump was speaking a different language to Hillary Clinton.” IfsFeelsLooksDifferentLanguageTrumpElectionClintonDifferent Languages Author:Trevor Noah
“It's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton was a deeply, deeply flawed alternative. She had the wrong combination of the internal political chops to muscle out all the mainstream nominations from the field, leaving only Bernie Sanders, who was unacceptable to the Democrats' party establishment. But she also had a real lack of political skill that would enable her to win the general election.” RealPoliticalWinningPartyClearFieldsSkillsElectionClintonDemocratLeavingAlternativesCombinationMusclesInternalsEstablishmentMainstreamFlawedNominationsGeneral Elections Author:Jonathan Chait
“Donald Trump winning the electoral vote - I don't even want to say he won the election because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote - I don't think legitimizes reality TV, but I think reality TV legitimized Trump.” ThinkingWantRealityWinningTvsTrumpVoteElectionClintonReality TvPopular Vote Author:Jennifer Pozner
“The worst thing we can do is to assume that the Electoral College [voting] resulting in the election of Donald Trump represents a mandate. It does not. He did not get the majority of the popular vote; that went to Hillary Clinton. That means those votes represent the consciousness of the nation, which is that abortion should be legal, that contraception and family planning are health issues and prevention, that a woman's right to reproductive privacy is the law of the land and should remain such.” ShouldMeanDoeLawNationsCan DoConsciousnessIssuesLandWorstCollegeTrumpVoteElectionMajorityAssumingClintonPlanningAbortionVotingPrivacyWorst ThingsMandatesPreventionContraceptionFamily PlanningHealth IssuesElectoral CollegePopular Vote Author:Willie Parker
“[The press] had no sense of humor about [Donald Trump's personal ask the Russians to get involved into the Hillary Clinton's emails search]. That's why Maxine Waters and others think that Trump and the Russians were working together to hack the election.” ThinkingTogetherAsksWaterTrumpInvolvedElectionPressesClintonWorking TogetherSense Of HumorEmailGet InvolvedHacks Author:Rush Limbaugh