Bronco Rick Perry is the first candidate I've ever heard say he's not doing well because he's sleepy. You know, we criticized… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world -… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
Today the Secretary of State said that of the 247 candidates, so far 115 of them have been certified. How embarrassing is… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Then there's politics. Just imagine politics with its dumbbell element subtracted. There would be no Republican candidates. There would be no Democratic… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Russian Federation has a growing Muslim minority, which is causing cultural and religious clashes. This is similar to mass immigration of… — David Duke Copy Share Image
My opponents will do anything they can to distract from their own flawed candidate. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation. As… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump is the only Republican candidate in the last seven cycles to understand all three legs of the foreign policy stool… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
[Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
They have to earn our vote. Neither Hillary [Clinton] or Donald [Trump] have earned our votes, yet the media is kind of… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Candidates rarely win battles with the media, and unless you really know what you're doing you should not tangle with them. The… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Is Romney a tea party candidate? I'd probably say that he's the least of the candidates running for president right now that… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
Internet companies created the social-media tools that fueled the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street insurgencies, and that have helped political candidates… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on.… — Brian Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Our party for the longest time has relied on the votes of white guys. I think that all of these candidates are… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
Jeb Bush was supposed to be the establishment candidate, but he didn't catch on. And the extraordinary thing about this Republican primary… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
When you think about a presidential candidate spending all of his or her time talking to that tiny, tiny fraction of us… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Republicans can't run their normal playbook on me that they try to run on Democratic candidates. They can't say I flip-flop because… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The two majority candidates right now, the Democratic and Republican candidates,[Donald] Trump and [Hillary] Clinton, are the most disliked and untrusted Presidential… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid marveled at the electability of Barack Obama because, unlike previous black candidates,… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Presidential and vice-presidential debates are not about campaign staff or consultants, and it is high time we as a people took control… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
I'm 43 years old and I'm the healthiest candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You've travelled with me enough to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the… — Lloyd Cutler Copy Share Image
In a new interview, the president discussed the upcoming election. He said that Hillary Clinton is going to do great as a… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Lindsey Graham is now the seventh Republican running for president. If you're keeping score, that's basically one Republican candidate for every two… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image