“I want to win. [...] We're not going on win by doing what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do each and every day. Dividing the country. Saying, creating a grievance kind of environment. We're going to win when we unite people with a hopeful, optimistic message. I have that message because I was a governor of a state that saw people lifted up, because we had high sustained economic growth.” PeopleWantKindCountryStatesWinningGrowthEnvironmentSawsEconomicCreatingMessagesClintonOptimisticBarackHopefulGovernorsEconomic GrowthGrievanceDividing Author:Jeb Bush
“As you all know by now, Barack Obama sent out a cell phone text message at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning to tell everyone he picked Joe Biden as his vice president. How do you think this makes Hillary Clinton feel, huh? Finally, she gets a telephone call at 3 a.m., it's to tell her they picked Joe Biden.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPresidentMorningMessagesClintonPhonesVicesCellsBarackSaturdayTelephonesCell PhoneVice PresidentBidenText MessageSaturday Morning Author:Jay Leno
“Anybody who imagines that an election can be won under these circumstances by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is ... to put it mildly ... severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues. We conservatives are sending a powerful, inadvertent message with this negative campaign against Barack Obama's associations and former associations: that we lack a positive agenda of our own and that we don't care about the economic issues that are worrying American voters.” CarePowerfulWorryIssuesImagineEconomicCircumstancesMessagesNegativeImportanceElectionDon't CareCampaignsFormerBarackAgendasVotersAssociationImagine ThatBangingEconomic IssuesAmerican VotersPocketbooksJeremiahEstimating Author:David Frum
“The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president. And you've seen the violence in his home city of Chicago. This is just another example.” NeedsMatterFactsHomePresidentCitiesClearViolenceHavensExampleMessagesCurrentsBarackChicagoPresident Barack ObamaCity Of Chicago Author:Chris Christie
“The problem with Keith Ellison's message and what you all are saying - and I - and I respect what you're saying because we have been there - is - and another irony of this campaign - is that Barack Obama always won astronomically on his own, but he has completely devastated the party. He's lost the Senate, the House, 30 governorships, over 900 legislatures.” Has BeensProblemHouseLostPartyMessagesCampaignsBarackIronySenateLegislatureDevastatedKeith Author:Mary Matalin
“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
“I think there were two messages in last year's election. One is pretty obvious. People were mad as hell at the president [Barack Obama] - and wanted to send a message. We all got that. Our new members were also hearing, and I was hearing as well, that people didn't like the fact that the Congress was dysfunctional. Now they may have been confused about where the dysfunctionality was cause the president kept pointing to the House. Factually, that's not accurate. The dysfunction was in the Senate.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMayHas BeensTwoFactsWantedLastsHouseCausesPresidentHellMembersMessagesElectionMadCongressObviousHearingBarackConfusedSenateAccurateLast YearPointingPresident Barack ObamaDysfunction Author:Mitch McConnell
“Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people stay active and vigilant and speak out and let their concerns be known.” PeopleIfsSpeakPresidentKnownDemocracyMessagesConcernActiveDrivenBarackSpokesFarewellSpeaks OutPresident Barack ObamaVigilant Author:Aldis Hodge
“I love the message that Barack Obama said - that we want Donald Trump to succeed because we want America to succeed. I'm sort of following that. I think there's been a lot of frustration for a lot of people, but at the end of the day we all want this country to survive and thrive and be the superpower that we know it is.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSaidEndsCountryAmericaTrumpSucceedMessagesFollowingBarackThe End Of The DayFrustrationThriveSuperpower Author:Gayle King