#candid

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#i #naacp #nra #rather #than

You can't be the candidate and the campaign manager. ↗

— Roger Stone

#candidate #manager #you

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. ↗

— Karl Rove

#american politics #candidate #depict #diminish #foil

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect. ↗

— Karl Rove

#different #europe #got #perfect #select

Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer. Yet by his own decisions, President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled governments of Europe combined. One president, one term, $5 trillion in new debt. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#any #back #before #called #candidate

You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#along #apart #back #both #candidate

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#candidates #changed #frame #newt #our

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#capture #congress #democratic #distinction #edge

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#california #candidates #country #election #first

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun! ↗

— Bill Rancic

#be yourself #candidates #few #follow #fun