--- title: "9 Candidates Quotes By Mark Shields" description: "9 Candidates quotes by Mark Shields. Plus more from Mark Shields and more Candidates sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/mark-shields-1572_candidates_kevin-mccarthy-who-is-the-house-majority_1173664.png" --- > [Kevin McCarthy, who is the House majority leader, was pretty open. He went out and recruited candidates. And the Republicans in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/kevin-mccarthy-who-is-the-house-majority-leader-was-pretty-open-he/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/mark-shields-1572_candidates_kevin-mccarthy-who-is-the-house-majority_1173664.png) > [All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/all-about-midterm-elections-is-turnouts-and-turnout-is-measured-by/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/mark-shields-1572_candidates_all-about-midterm-elections-is-turnouts_997021.jpg) > [Donald Trump is an independent presidential candidate who ran on the Republican label. He really did. He took it over. He transformed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-is-an-independent-presidential-candidate-who-ran-on-the/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/mark-shields-1572_candidate_donald-trump-is-an-independent-president_2133691.png) > [ \[Democrats\] have got to start winning elections. That involves not some great idea, but it also involves recruiting candidates. And Rahm Emanuel,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elections-that-involves-not-some/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/mark-shields-1572_behavior_democrats-have-got-to-start-winning-elec_2090136.png) > [The pattern of American presidential elections is that the more optimistic candidate, whether it's John Kennedy and let's get America moving again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-pattern-of-american-presidential-elections-is-that-the-more/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/mark-shields-1572_america_the-pattern-of-american-presidential-ele_2042561.jpg) > [It's fine to be an activist, but you're not - if you're not putting up candidates, if you're not getting political, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/it-s-fine-to-be-an-activist-but-you-re-not-if-you-re-not-putting-up/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/mark-shields-1572_activist_it-s-fine-to-be-an-activist-but-you-re-n_2793387.jpg) > [Peter Hart, the pollster, has a question when he asks about presidential or vice presidential candidates, what kind of a neighbor would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/peter-hart-the-pollster-has-a-question-when-he-asks-about/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/mark-shields-1572_asks_peter-hart-the-pollster-has-a-question-w_205858.jpg) > [From 1976, Judy to 1996, we had six presidential elections. And it was run under the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/from-1976-judy-to-1996-we-had-six-presidential-elections-and-it-was/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/mark-shields-1572_campaign-finance_from-1976-judy-to-1996-we-had-six-presid_3233128.png) > [In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/in-the-past-in-order-to-continue-as-a-candidate-a-serious-candidate/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/mark-shields-1572_amount_in-the-past-in-order-to-continue-as-a-ca_1586606.jpg) ## Other authors on Candidates ## More by Mark Shields > [I'm not sure Betsy DeVos has ever spent a day in a public school. And I don't - I'm pretty sure Donald Trump hasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-m-not-sure-betsy-devos-has-ever-spent-a-day-in-a-public-school-and/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-is-sounding-the-same-theme-he-has-sounded-since-may-or/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-do-look-upon-the-secretary-of-education-s-primary-responsibility-as/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/dan-coats-retiring-senator-from-indiana-a-mild-mannered-man-a-former/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/it-s-interesting-how-identity-politics-and-ann-coulter-style-tactics/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/when-you-run-for-president-of-the-united-states-everybody-does-the/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Americans don't like powerful figures who punch down, that is, who pick on someone less powerful and less able to speak for themselves than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/americans-don-t-like-powerful-figures-who-punch-down-that-is-who-pick/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/everyone-has-to-take-donald-trump-seriously-and-i-think-that-s-what/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-defies-gravity-and-so-i-guess-he-has-to-be-donald-trump/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [ My church \[Catholisism\] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/my-church-catholisism-is-hurting-from-arrogance-and-from-its/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [America is Republican until 5:00 or 6:00 at night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/america-is-republican-until-5-00-or-6-00-at-night/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/john-kerry-s-biography-was-central-to-his-campaign/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-guantanamo-has-been-synonymous-with-the-staining-of-american/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [Stronger together is, I think, a preposition and a comparative adjective, but it's not really an action verb or what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/stronger-together-is-i-think-a-preposition-and-a-comparative/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) > [If you only make fights that you're going to win, there would be no women's vote in America, there would be no civil rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/if-you-only-make-fights-that-you-re-going-to-win-there-would-be-no/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidates/mark-shields/#itemlist", "name": "9 Candidates Quotes By Mark Shields", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kevin McCarthy, who is the House majority leader, was pretty open. 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