#candidate

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. ↗

— James Wolcott

#alike #bunny #candidate #consultant #crowd

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four

I think Governor Romney has a two-part budget plan that very much levels with voters far more so than any candidate in my lifetime. ↗

— Glenn Hubbard

#budget #candidate #far #governor #governor romney

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#best #best man #candidate #like #man

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones. ↗

— Marcus Allen

#candidate #gain #ones #over #people

I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it. ↗

— Marek Belka

#anything #candidates #countries #decided #emerging

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#being #candidates #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#changes #choice #election #elections #expression

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#fare #i #lincoln #presidential #sure

Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#every #honest #human #moment #now