Trump Quotes by Mara Liasson

If Donald Trump wins, it will be a seismic event.

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Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.

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As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.

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Ted Cruz is a small-government conservative.

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[Hillary] Clinton has also struggled with key groups of voters.

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The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.

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What if he says [Donald Trump] plans to run again in 2020?

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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…

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No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

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After months and months at the top of the polls, there is a real possibility that Donald Trump could be the nominee.

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[Donald] Trump's path to victory depends on getting historic levels of support from white voters, and particularly large numbers of white, non-college-educated…

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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away…

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Donald Trump is a candidate who divided his own party more deeply than any presidential candidate has before.

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This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits.

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The aftermath of this extraordinary election [2016] could be just as surprising as the race itself.

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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation,…

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If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the…

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Mitt Romney got 59 percent of the white vote in 2012, considered by many to be a high-water mark with this demographic…

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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying…

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You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco…

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[Donald] Trump has said he will accept the results of the election - if he wins. And he has said the only…

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If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are…

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I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican…

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If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself…

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Michael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this…

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The enthusiasm for [Donald] Trump had gone up. The net result was it made people more supportive of him.

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Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him.…

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The establishment is divorcing itself from its base - from voters who are choosing a candidate who says he stands for things…

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Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton.

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Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.

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If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by…

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As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican…

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Republican candidates have won whites with college degrees in every presidential election since polling began.

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There was tremendous animus to President [Barack] Obama. Many of people said he was un-American, not a Christian and worse.

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People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.

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For Democrats, anything less than 15 net pickups will be a disappointing outcome [in presidency race].

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For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.

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Donald Trump's staffing up a pretty traditional, very conservative Republican government, not a populist outsider government, at least not yet.

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The lesson is that voters in both parties are in a very anti-establishment, populist mood. Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate.

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Does Donald Trump accept the results and concede graciously, pursue legal action, or tell his followers to take to the streets?

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