Campaigns Quote by Josh Earnest

There was also a sense that if he [Obama] did not win in Iowa, that it was very unlikely that he would be able…

— Josh Earnest

Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the…

— David Axelrod

My interest in this Senate seat really had nothing to do with President Obama's success. I've been convinced that the right person can win,…

— Ryan Frazier

That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore…

— Dee Dee Myers

So to some extent he [Barack Obama] is a victim of the expectations and the high hopes that we experienced.

— Michael Fullilove

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

— Deval Patrick

“President Obama drilled this point home when I was getting ready to run. He reminded me that when we faced off in 2008, we…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“What distinguished Obama was his determination not to wait until he had forged a longer political record of his achievement, and the historic conjunction…

— Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.

— Dick Cheney

Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins.

— Joe Klein

Everybody thought Barack Obama was going to [inspire people] when he came to Washington, but, you know, the Senate seems like the place where…

— Jon Stewart

If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.

— Ron Fournier