Distinction Quote by Ambrose Bierce

I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

By definition, the person who learns enough to become the nominee is almost certainly the best person for the general election.

— Newt Gingrich

IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.

— Ambrose Bierce

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as…

— Karl Rove

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as…

— Karl Rove

With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that…

— David Brooks

This country is facing an economy that has been radically transformed.And these changes have been disruptive. They have changed people's lives. The jobs that…

— Marco Rubio

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications.

— Rod Parsley

“More accustomed to relying upon himself to shape events, he took the greatest control of the process leading up to the nomination, displaying a…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Only a fool pokes a mama bear, but that's Merrick Garland for you. The attorney general thought to be such a moderate that 20…

— Miranda Devine

“The primary elections are the cornerstones of the plebiscitary presidency. They strip away the veneer of party unity and expose the individuality of each…

— Stephen Skowronek

A candidate is a person who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.

— Stanislaw Lem