“I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated.” PresidentJusticeConsequenceElectionIdeologyQualified Author:John McCain
“There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a contest that will focus on the possibility of the first woman president to be six months suspending up the nomination of a black woman, who is imminently qualified.” FirstsBigsBlackPresidentRaceFocusRiskPossibilityMonthsRepublicanSixDemocraticClintonContestsBlack WomenSix MonthsQualifiedNominations Author:Barack Obama
“Former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is promoting her new book and she's going to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Sarah and Oprah. On the one hand, a very powerful woman qualified to be President of the United States, and on the other hand, you have Sarah ... But if you think about it, Sarah Palin and Oprah Winfrey have a lot in common. They both helped get Obama elected.” IfsThinkingBookStatesShowsHandsPresidentUnitedPowerfulCommonUnited StatesFormerGovernorsPromotingQualifiedVery PowerfulAlaskaPalinPowerful WomenNew Books Author:David Letterman
“Jeb Bush's brother Neil said that their mother has 'come around' to the idea of Jeb running for president in 2016. Because if there's anything that says you're qualified to be president, it's your own mom saying, 'I guess you could do it.'” IfsSaidIdeasRunningMotherPresidentBrotherMomQualified Author:Jimmy Fallon
“If the president comes forward with a strong, qualified nominee, if he, you know, addresses the agenda, if he takes actions, including dealing with perhaps some personnel decisions, I think that people will show that he is moving forward and doing the right thing for our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryShowsActionMovingStrongPresidentDecisionIncludingMoving ForwardOur CountryRight ThingAddressesAgendasQualifiedDoing The Right ThingPersonnel Author:Trent Lott
“It's not just that Miers has zero judicial experience. It's that she's so transparently a crony/"diversity" pick while so many other vastly more qualified and impressive candidates went to waste. If this is President Bush's bright idea to buck up his sagging popularity--among conservatives as well as the nation at large--one wonders whom he would have picked in rosier times. Shudder.” IfsWellsIdeasNationsPresidentWonderWasteDiversityPicksCandidatesZeroPopularityImpressiveQualifiedPresident BushBucksJudicialCroniesSaggingBright Ideas Author:Michelle Malkin
“Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.” PeopleMenYearsHas BeensStatesBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesProgressGoes OnVictoryListsBlack PeopleCould Have BeenQualifiedCarver Author:Chris Rock
“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