In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected.
You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.
In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly.
In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time.
Truth be known, President Obama has never been particularly driven by principle. Right after his election, I wrote a column in a few days warning people that even though I voted for Obama, he was not what people were describing him to be. I saw him i...
Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.
I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for.
I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know.
Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we...
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.
A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.
Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself.
Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.
And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election.
I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent.
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.
Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.
We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we have done it.
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
