Cash Quote by George Packer

I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

— Boss Tweed

I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get to do the nominating.

— Boss Tweed

Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after…

— Michael Beschloss

The President is responsible to the public for the conduct of the person he has nominated and appointed.

— James Madison

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.

— Ambrose Bierce

I never really know when anyone is nominated for anything; I just know when people win. I don't even know how the submission process…

— Hosea Chanchez

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

— John Major

Presidential candidates don't get quite the upward favorable rating surge they used to after their nominating conventions.

— Michael Caputo

I think that the person who is going to be nominated will be nominated by the convention.

— Marco Rubio

You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

— Dick Cheney

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I…

— Cate Blanchett

If you look at why do we end up with the nominees that we get often? It's because you have only a very small…

— Frank Bruni