#presidential

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#campaigns #congressional #cost #every #four

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#democrats #despair #elections #favor #gloomy

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#greatness #presidential #reagan #republican

No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq. ↗

— Dick Morris

#advocating #candidate #gay #gay marriage #iraq

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#condemning #gambling #las #las vegas #organized

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#attention #attract #authority #events #himself

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#bid #box #california #coast #i

I believe that the presidential term should be limited. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#i #i believe #i believe that #limited #presidential

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates

I am now a member of the private sector. I'm happy. I've got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#foundation #get #got #had #happy