Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
Edward Walter "Ed" Gillespieis an American Republican political strategist who served as the 61st Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Counselor to the President in the George W. Bush administration. Gillespie, along with Democrat Jack Quinn, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm. Gillespie is also the founder of Ed Gillespie Strategies, a strategic consulting firm that provides high-level advice to companies and CEOs, coalitions, and trade associations. In January 2014, Gillespie announced he was running for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 August 1961
CountryUnited States of America
Democrats in tough districts and in rural parts of the country were distancing themselves from Bill Clinton by the beginning of 1994.
It's a big area. We've not been in it much in the past,
It's important for us as a party that we handle the issue right.
was very gracious in listening to a recitation of memos that go back a long way. I think the record will report that Judge Roberts has been entirely accurate in his statements.
But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.
People like passion in politics.
I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.
And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.
I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality.
I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.