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If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#election #going #i #much #opponent

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward. He's fundamentally leading us in the way that middle class Americans want to go. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#because #class #forward #fundamentally #go

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 correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#american public #assumes #beginning #chance #correctly

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

I'm an independent type. No one tells me what to do. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#independent #me #tells #type

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#behind #budget #capture #contract #control

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, let's all be friends in Washington philosophy. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#back #bush #bush administration #business #deal

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

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#bowling #bowling alley #club #country #country club