#residential

I chaired the 1982 Democratic Party Commission on Presidential Nominations that created certain automatic delegates to the Democratic convention - the 'superdelegates.' It was a good idea then, and it is still a good idea. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#certain #commission #convention #created #delegates

A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#campaign #cannot #debate #defense #issues

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are. ↗

— William Devane

#feeding #how #myth #politics #presidential

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

— David Herbert Donald

#fare #i #lincoln #presidential #sure

I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#both #campaign #couple #down #dozen

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#candidates #consultants #dark #democrats #hear

The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#dramatically #either #election #emergence #existing

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#civic #commission #debates #draft #i

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team. ↗

— John Mahoney

#better job #creating #democratic #democratic party #elections

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