“I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.” ThinkingHas BeensSaidStatesHandsRunningPoliticalLevelsInvolvedRootsCampaignsSignificantGrassPolitical CampaignHands On ExperienceSignificant Experiences Author:Roy Romer
“You know a Senate race is obviously a much smaller deal than a presidential race. What I think makes a very hard job considerably easier when you're going to debate is if you have reminded yourself - or somebody has reminded you during the course of your campaign - that consistency is enormously important. That people don't want to hear you say one thing in one part of the state and another thing in another part of the state.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantImportantHardStatesJobsCoursesDealsRaceOne ThingEasierCampaignsDebatePresidentialSenateConsistency Author:Michael Bennet
“Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality. But back then they sure weren't. Back then, folks were saying I was preaching class warfare. Now it's suddenly their campaign platform.” PeopleFirstsStatesUnitedTalkingClassUnited StatesFolksCampaignsBunchInequalitySenatePlatformsPreachingWarfareClass Warfare Author:Barack Obama
“It's fairly obvious, since Richard Nixon, that there is no such thing as a fair deal for any voter in the United States -- You're just not gonna get it. It's a joke -- the people that you vote for, they're the next best thing to criminals. But of course they have money for advertising campaigns that make them look a little bit better than they actually are.” PeopleLooksLittlesStatesCoursesNextBitsUnitedDealsUnited StatesLittle BitJokesFairsVoteObviousCriminalsCampaignsAdvertisingBest ThingsVoters Author:Frank Zappa
“In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the overthrow of the stronger in the belief that the latter's defeat will automatically involve the collapse of the others.” FirstsStatesBeliefMilitaryArmyStrongerDefeatPartnersCampaignsLatterCollapse Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“I had been secretary of state for eight years, attorney general for four years, lieutenant governor for four years, and governor for four years - I had all these friends around the country - so I thought I could gin up a campaign not for me but against George W. Bush, against his war, against his economic policies, and against his education policies.” YearsWarCountryStatesFourEconomicPolicyEightCampaignsFour YearsGovernorsSecretaryAttorneyGinEconomic PolicyLieutenants Author:Don Siegelman
“We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million - that's a huge amount for a state election campaign in Tasmania.” StatesMillionsGroupsHugeAmountElectionGreenCampaignsBrethrenTasmania Author:Bob Brown
“There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.” MenMindChildrenDoeMadeWarStatesGirlFrontsDangerCircumstancesForgottenPainfulCampaignsPlanningCalamitySereneAgitationUnmarriedEntourage Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“As a result of our [my campaign's] discussions and other interactions with gay and lesbian voters across the state, I am more convinced than ever that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent [Ted Kennedy].” StatesAmericaResultsCitizensGayConvincedCampaignsDiscussionVotersInteractionEffective LeadershipTed Kennedy Author:Mitt Romney
“A political life, I've often said, is a continuing education in human nature, including one's own. My involvement on the ground floor of two presidential campaigns and my duties as First Lady took me to every state in our union and to seventy-eight nations. In each place, I met someone or saw something that caused me to open my mind and my heart and deepen my understanding of the universal concerns that most of humanity shares.” MindFirstsHumansHeartSaidTwoStatesPoliticalHumanityNationsUnderstandingSawsShareHuman NatureDutyMy HeartMetsConcernUniversalUnionsIncludingEightCampaignsPresidentialContinuingSeventiesInvolvementFirst LadyPolitical LifePresidential Campaign Author:Hillary Clinton
“Barack Obama's campaign of empty self-contradictory promises has apparently hoodwinked the state of Wyoming.” SelfStatesPromiseEmptyCampaignsBarackContradictoryWyoming Author:Charles Foster Johnson