What does [Hillary] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI? — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away. — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If the Congress is going to spend its whole time hauling up regulators and bureaucrats and looking like they're focusing on tiny,… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
[Mike] Bloomberg aides says he's more likely to run if it's [Donald]Trump or [Ted] Cruz versus Sanders, then there would, presumably, be… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump has said he will accept the results of the election - if he wins. And he has said the only… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Hillary] Clinton can come close in those two traditionally red states, it will be because of the diverse, educated populations around… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
If [Hillary] Clinton can't boost African-American turnout, even with all that help, the question becomes whether she can make up for it… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back… — Mara Liasson 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 is that… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet. — Mara Liasson Copy Share
This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits. — Mara Liasson Copy Share
On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
If she Hillary Clinton win just two of the three big battleground states - North Carolina, Florida and Virginia - she will have shut… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't focused on,… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
What does [Hillary] Clinton do if she loses? Concede? Blame the Russians? Or the FBI? — Mara Liasson Copy Share
Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa. — Mara Liasson Copy Share
There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the… — Mara Liasson Copy Share
People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him. — Mara Liasson Copy Share
Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began. — Mara Liasson Copy Share
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![“If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign in an unprecedented way.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/mara-liasson-8465_blame_if-donald-trump-wins-narrowly-democrats_3121333.jpg)
![“If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/mara-liasson-8465_assessment_if-donald-trump-drags-down-a-bunch-of-se_2368761.jpg)
![“If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by [Donald] Trump's negatives.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/mara-liasson-8465_been-hurt_if-pat-toomey-of-pennsylvania-wins-for-i_1798558.jpg)
![“For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/mara-liasson-8465_aspirin_for-a-long-time-many-republicans-thought_2918054.jpg)
![“[Mike] Bloomberg aides says he's more likely to run if it's [Donald]Trump or [Ted] Cruz versus Sanders, then there would, presumably, be space in the middle for him. But he's less likely to go if Hillary Clinton is the nominee.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/mara-liasson-8465_clinton_mike-bloomberg-aides-says-he-s-more-like_750210.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump has said he will accept the results of the election - if he wins. And he has said the only way he can lose the election is if it's stolen from him. Weeks before any votes were cast, he was predicting widespread voter fraud. So if he loses, what does he do?” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/mara-liasson-8465_accepting_donald-trump-has-said-he-will-accept-the_2472259.jpg)
![“If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the only candidate in the modern era, other than George H.W. Bush, who managed to follow a two-term president of her own party.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/mara-liasson-8465_candidates_if-hillary-clinton-wins-history-will-als_977689.jpg)
![“As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick Stalin, meaning Ted Cruz because he's more predictable. So there's real civil war inside the Republican Party.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/mara-liasson-8465_choices_as-one-conservative-intellectual-said-to_2833616.jpg)
![“If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are likely to argue that the election was lost because the Republican establishment failed to rally around the choice their own voters made.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/mara-liasson-8465_arguing_if-donald-trump-loses-narrowly-it-will-m_2491336.jpg)
![“If [Hillary] Clinton can come close in those two traditionally red states, it will be because of the diverse, educated populations around Atlanta and Phoenix. And it will be a sign that Arizona and Georgia are on their way to becoming the new battleground states.” quote by Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/mara-liasson-8465_arizona_if-hillary-clinton-can-come-close-in-tho_3014835.jpg)
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