Famous Quotes & Sayings

The numbers are very encouraging and put us in very good shape to run the kind of issues-oriented, highly energized campaign that we've planned on.

Everybody has found out about everything but me. Hadn't nobody notified me. Nobody notified my campaign manager. We're the last people to find out anything.

It was a relatively small group that orchestrated the campaign to shut the school down. They tried and tried, but they couldn't find a governor who would do it ... that is, until they found Governor Jordan.

It will help him in his primary election campaign by showing him in the center of making policy, but it it probably will be a distant memory for voters by the time we get to the fall election.

It was influential to be around people like Sen. John Warner, ... His was one of the first campaigns I volunteered for.

It's actually unlikely that the Paisley campaign can win, in the sense that it can prevent this referendum (from) being passed.

James Thurber

It is perhaps the last frontier of essentially unregulated campaign cash contributions.

It is unfortunate that this campaign continues with the same methods and the same concept: that the secretary-general's post is like that of a corporate chief executive officer (CEO), not like a government leader, responsible to a parliamentary body.

Dana Perino

A candidate taking a political position in the course of a campaign is different from the role of a judge making a ruling in the judicial process.

Bill Bradley

A campaign proposal without a price tag is just another politicians promise.

A corporate campaign will make that toast in a minute.

It sends $3 of your tax money that you already pay into the fund. It sends a message that Maine people support campaign finance reform.

It's exciting to have him here. He's an exciting person that I think will generate a lot of enthusiasm on the campaign trail.

It's fascinating that this is a campaign that is being driven by cheap tricks.

It seems that this much-ballyhooed information campaign of the opposition exists only in the imagination of its leaders.

It seems some people have made campaign promises, but this is too important to get all wrapped up in politics. This is an ethical question. Just because you can move it, should you?

It's a small world, and it's even a smaller political world. Everybody has a political figure involved in the campaign at some level. These are political races.

It's a thinly disguised campaign ad. It certainly amounts to a significant in-kind contribution to the governor's campaign.

It was clearly something very meaningful to him. It was genuine, nothing theatrical. I wouldn't have necessarily identified it as a campaign speech.

It was always part of the background, but it was never an integral part of the campaign. It never engulfed her. She's grasping for a pillar she thinks this campaign can be raised on.

It's an exciting time, but he's been focused on not only winning re-election but also on governing, ... Other than what he's laid out in his campaign speeches, he hasn't shared other more sweeping ideas he may have.

It's always transient, but the campaign is about candidates, not staff. And Michael Steele is very well positioned to win this race.

It's disgusting that Ken Blackwell preaches morality in his campaign for governor but gains wealth privately from vice.

It's deja vu all over again. We made the same arguments in the Clinton administration and ultimately we surrendered. And Sandy Berger testified on the China matter and campaign finance. Sooner or later, transparency wins out over that principle. You might as well do it earlier rather than later.

It was appropriate for him to use campaign funds for the trip, but only if a campaign event was planned.

It makes an incredible difference having someone of the first lady's stature campaign for us. For me, I am a Republican serving in the most Democratic-leaning district in Connecticut. That means I run for re-election every day in a way. And Connecticut Republicans consistently vote as moderates. We are middle-of-the-road members of Congress. That's what makes us different than say Republicans in Montana or Texas. We are a diverse lot.

It's appropriate it happened at a diner, since the Bloomberg campaign has some egg on its face. It's no surprise that a mayor who refuses to debate and pays his campaign volunteers more than starting salaries for cops would also feel the need to stack his events with volunteers instead of voters.

It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are giving to committees and candidates, people with power to help them. . . . They're doing it as an investment, hoping for a return on their investment.

It's like the 800-pound gorilla in the room. The theme of my campaign is focused on the next generation.

It's like sticking a campaign sign in your yard, but you can't do that. Sometimes commonsense rules don't apply.

It's highly inappropriate for the campaign manager to be negotiating, in a way, election laws.

It shows how difficult it is to interpret these campaign laws.

It's House policy that no legislative resources be used for campaign purposes.