#candidate

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#barack obama #beaten #been #candidate #could

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#candidate #convention #foundation #going #having

You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#california #candidate #conservatives #democrats #economy

A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#democrat #different #green #heard #party

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#been #candidate #day #front #historically

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#debate #every #goes #hoping #into

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#candidates #debate #directly #exchange #facilitate

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

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability. ↗

— Scott McCallum

#ads #also #candidate #coming #control

I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out. ↗

— Scott McCallum

#ever #feels #getting #his #i