“I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972.” ThinkingWinningPresidentMajorsDemocraticDemocratDefeatReasonableDefeatedPresidencyNominationsHurdlePresident Nixon Book:An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern Source: An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern
“You believe that you can win the nomination of your party, and then you believe that you're the strongest candidate to win the election for your party.” BelieveWinningPartyElectionCandidatesStrongestNominationsYou Can Win Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.” FirstsBigsWinningDealsFirst TimeBig DealNominationsGrammy Author:Joe Nichols
“Actually, Joe Biden looked pretty good. In fact, Joe's popularity has gone from 1% to 2% last week to 3% today. At this rate, he could win the nomination by the year 2032.” YearsFactsTodayLastsWinningGoneWeekRatePopularityNominationsBiden Author:Jay Leno
“Any Democrat who squirms on the tax-cut issue in the primaries has no chance ' zero ' to win the nomination. Each will have to take the “pledge” to oppose the Bush tax cuts. Thus, Bush will have succeeded in creating a situation where anyone who can win the nomination can't win the election. Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.” WinningChanceSituationIssuesCuttingTaxesCreatingIncreaseElectionDemocratFavorsPrimariesZeroPledgeTax CutsNominationsCan't WinTax Increases Author:Dick Morris
“Kerry is well on his way to reaching his magic number of 2,162. That's the total number of delegates he needs to win the Democratic nomination. See for President Bush it's different - his magic number is 5. That's the number of Supreme Court judges needed to win.” WayNeedsWellsDifferentWinningPresidentNumbersMagicJudgingNeededCourtDemocraticSupremeReachingSupreme CourtPresident BushNominationsDelegatesCourt Judges Author:Jay Leno