Candidates Quote by Richard Turner

In campaigns, the attacks that candidates make against their opponents define them almost as much as their positive agenda by creating a negative narrative…

— Neera Tanden

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

Candidates use their negative message to highlight a contrast with their opponent that helps define themselves positively.

— Neera Tanden

Politics has always been a mud fight - better that citizens jump in the trough than lose interest.

— James Poniewozik

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

— Anthony Sampson

When an office-holder facing a multi-count indictment says that he has decided to spend more time with his family, the proper response is a…

— Jeff Greenfield

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

— John Podhoretz

We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original…

— Eric Liu

“For Trump, if everyone is down in the mud with him, than he is no dirtier than anyone else. He doesn't have to do…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

On Politics: When our people get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being our people.

— M. Stanton Evans

The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business in face of the constant force that makes for muddlement. The…

— Henry James

I'm concerned about the negative aspect of political campaigning in american nation, which is a new phenomenon. When I ran for president against Gerald…

— Jimmy Carter