I'm fighting for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and I think if I win this campaign that people will take notice and the next time they select a candidate, they will look at the principles.
I travel to Chicago a lot. And I've followed Obama through his Senate race and beyond. I found him to be an exceptional candidate who was able to transcend ethnic and racial lines.
Raymond Shaw: Twelve days of Christmas! One day of Christmas is loathsome enough!
Marco: I could never figure out what that phrase meant, "more or less."
Marco: [during the Kung Fu fight with Chunjin] What were you doing there?
In post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America, skeptical voters demand full disclosure of everything from candidates' finances to their medical records, and spin-savvy accounts of backstage machinations dominate political coverage.
If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well.
There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this electronic media and these blogs and this kind of fanatical impulse to bring down the opposing candidate.
People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.
I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet.
The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many a candidate tries to run as something they aren't simply because the strategy dictates it.
I created my own party. It's called the Sloth and Indolence Party, and I'm running as an anarchist candidate in the best sense of that word. I've studied the presidency carefully.
What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.
I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.
I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
