#candid

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#arena #been #candidate #elected #enough

Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office. ↗

— Betty Hill

#every #office #out #running #sent

Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#came #candidate #day #did #die

You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side. ↗

— Joe Andrew

#another #because #behind #candidate #democrats

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt. ↗

— Roscoe Conkling

#bureaus #candidate #committees #effort #favor

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#book #candidate #favored #him #i

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#fare #i #lincoln #presidential #sure

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#competitive #congressional #depending #increase #means

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#been #candidate #career #controversy #entire

Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#basically #buy #buying #candidate #cover