“Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.” PresidentTermBuildingVictoryCampaignsThanksBarackGuaranteesBoresBehalfConsensusHeadacheMandates Author:Ron Fournier
“I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.” ProudVictoryBarackColorado Author:Ken Salazar
“Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope... Barack Hussein Obama did not win because of the color of his skin. Nor did he win in spite of it. He won because at a very dangerous moment in the life of a still young country, more people than have ever spoken before came together to try to save it. And that was a victory all its own.” PeopleTryingStillsCountryMomentsTogetherYoungWinningBornImaginationDangerousColorVictorySkinsBarackSpiteHusseinPalacesScrap Author:Nancy Gibbs
“If I were running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats.” IfsRunningPrayingVictoryDemocratIraqCirclesBarackMarchAlsAl Qaeda Author:John Howard
“Barack Obama can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign.” GivingWarUseAmericaFightingTalkingVictorySpeechCampaignsBarack Author:Sarah Palin
“With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching involved health care - expanding the entitlement state at the expense of economic growth. Now he seeks another surge of statism, enlarging the portion of gross domestic product grasped by government and dispensed by politics. The occasion is the misnamed "fiscal cliff," the proper name for which is: the Democratic Party's agenda.” FirstsStatesGovernmentCareNamesGrowthTermPartyMistakeEconomicProductsVictoryInvolvedDemocraticShouldersOccasionsBarackHealth CareAgendasExpensesPortionsGrossChipsExpandingCliffsDemocratic PartyEconomic GrowthMarginsEntitlementGross Domestic ProductOverreachingFiscal Cliff Author:George Will
“Only in an Orwellian [Barack] Obama world full of sprinkly fairy dust broken from atop his unicorn as he's peeking through a really pretty pink kaleidoscope would he ever see victory or safety for America or Israel in this treaty. This treaty will not bring peace. You don't reward terrorism. You kill it!” WorldAmericaBrokenVictorySafetyRewardsIsraelTerrorismDustBarackFairyTreatiesUnicornKaleidoscopeOrwellianReally PrettyPeekingFairy Dust Author:Sarah Palin
“I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how we wage war and win by denying ISIS territory overseas. We must deny them their territory because the territory that they've conquered because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama declared victory in Iraq and against every generals advice withdrew all of our troops, leaving a vacuum, weaponry, territory for ISIS to conquer, that territory, their caliphate, is that from which they draw legitimacy, potency, credibility. We have to deny them that territory.” PeopleWarHomeWinningPlansAdviceVictorySafeDrawsClintonLeavingIraqDenyConquerBarackTerritoryTroopsCredibilityIsisVacuumsLegitimacyOur TroopsPotencyWeaponry Author:Carly Fiorina
“Barack Obama did get a higher percentage of the vote than anybody has in this country in 20 years. I mean, it was a resounding victory. I mean, whether his core constituency was 20 percent or what, his electoral constituency, which is how we measure elections, was 53 percent, which was, you know, historically high, the highest of any Democrat, other than Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.” KnowsYearsMeanCountryVictoryHigherHighestPercentVoteElectionDemocratCoreBarackPercentagesJohnsonFranklin Author:Mark Shields
“I think that, at the end of the day, those voters [Barack Obama voters] are going to join ranks, and it is going to help propel Hillary Clinton to victory.” ThinkingEndsHelpingVictoryClintonBarackThe End Of The DayVoters Author:Bill Burton
“When we were covering the 2008 campaign I told my young African American colleagues that despite the historical significance of victory, Barack Obama was going to break their hearts. They didn't want to hear that, and they refused to believe it. Eighteen months later they started dropping by one by one to say, sadly: "He broke our hearts." A couple of them even wept.” WantBelieveHeartYoungBreakMonthsCoupleVictoryHistoricalCampaignsDespiteBarackAfrican AmericanBrokeSignificanceColleaguesDroppingCoveringEighteenHistorical Significance Author:Bill Moyers
“We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the American people. A lot of bravery and courage displayed by those folks on behalf of all of us. It's also a good day for the administration. I think President [Barack] Obama and his national security team acted on the intelligence when it came in, and they deserve a lot of credit, too.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksPresidentTeamSecurityMilitaryVictoryDeserveBraveryKillingFolksCreditAdministrationBarackNational SecurityBehalfGood DayBin LadenPresident Barack ObamaOsama Bin LadenPersonnelBravery And CourageAmerican MilitaryGreat Victory Author:Sarah Palin
“Under the Barack Obama rules, if you wanted to help the military, if you wanted a pay raise for the soldiers, if you wanted to buy new airplanes and new ships and more munitions, a dollar for that, you had to have a dollar domestic spending. We just broke that parity. That's the biggest victory we could have had: $25 billion year over year for our military, to begin to rebuild our military, without that kind of corresponding increase in domestic discretionary spending.” KindHelpingMilitaryVictorySoldierBarackBrokeAirplane Author:Paul Ryan
“Congratulations to Barack Obama - great victory based on building fairer economy and optimism about what politics can achieve.” EconomyAchieveBuildingVictoryOptimismElectionBarackCongratulationsGreat Victory Author:Ed Miliband