Appearance Quote by Mercedes Schlapp

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

— Barack Obama

You can't be the candidate and the campaign manager.

— Roger Stone

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their…

— Sarah Palin

A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes…

— Michelle Obama

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 a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and…

— Dana Perino

In presidential campaigns, experience as a candidate is an invaluable asset.

— Bob Beckel

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

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.

— Bob Woodward

There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And,…

— Jeff Greenfield

I've never seen a candidate - I've never seen a human being - who, with the most limited briefing, can understand the dimensions, the…

— James Carville

I believe that presidential candidates actually have a responsibility to point out substantive differences: to point out perspectives that are different.

— John Edwards