#presidential

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#civic #commission #debates #draft #i

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team. ↗

— John Mahoney

#better job #creating #democratic #democratic party #elections

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#campaigns #congressional #cost #every #four

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#bought #by the time #gets #man #material

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#american people #anyway #approach #back #been

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#decisions #execution #fact #his #in fact

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#automatically #considered #directives #disagree #hasn

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#cost #effective #leadership #look #low

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#away #campaign #challenges #committing #debate