I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in…

[Obama's reelection] would subject the country to what might be a fatal last dose of statism.

— Mitch Daniels

In 1996, President Clinton put together a detailed agenda called 'A Bridge to the 21st Century' that told voters why, in his words, 'rehire…

— Al From

After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was re-elected and…

— Ari Fleischer

Black Fergusonians have shown that they will vote when they have something to vote for and know that their vote will count. Seventy-six percent…

— Rick Perlstein

Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States'…

— Ron Fournier

President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was…

— Ron Fournier

In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did…

— Juan Williams

In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a president…

— Hugo Rossi

And then, of course, Bush won reelection, with everything out there, all of our complaints, all of the issues, all of the troubles with…

— Seymour Hersh

“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than…

— Warren Buffett

When Chelsea was 9 months old, I was defeated for reelection in the Reagan landslide. And I became overnight, I think, the youngest former…

— William J. Clinton

It's impossible to overstate the degree to which the '94 GOP revolution shook the political class. Bill Clinton was immediately dismissed as a one-term…

— Steve Kornacki

For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation's problems. He hasn't been working to earn reelection. He's been working to earn…

— Mitch McConnell

Can we pray for the reelection of George Bush?

— Sean Hannity

In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing…

— William Kristol