On The Campaign Trail... What They Are Saying      
<< Page January 31, 2008 “I am interested in a great future, and I think Senator McCain has proven over and over again that he is reaching across the aisle in order to get things done. He’s a great American hero and an extraordinary leader — this is why I’m endorsing him to be the next president of the United States.” California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger officially endorses Arizona Senator John McCain’s Republican presidential campaign in a speech to supporters at a solar energy company in Los Angeles, January 31, 2008. "I know it is tempting –- after another presidency by a man named George Bush –- to simply turn back the clock and to build a bridge back to the 20th Century… It is about the past versus the future. And when I am the nominee, the Republicans won’t be able to make this election about the past.” Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama makes a reference to Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign theme about building a bridge to the 21st century in a speech to voters in Denver, Colorado, January 30, 2008. “That certainly sounds audacious, but not hopeful. It’s not hopeful and it’s not what we should be talking about in this campaign.” Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton responds to statements made by rival Democratic candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama in reference to husband President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign theme of "building a bridge to the 21st century" in her own play on words on the title of Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope” in an interview with the Associated Press in Little Rock, Arkansas, January 30, 2008. “He called them fees,” but “I’m sure the people that had to pay it, whether they called them bananas, they still had to pay $730 million extra.” Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain accuses fellow Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney of raising taxes as governor of Massachusetts by $730 million, during the CNN, L.A. Times and Politico.com sponsored Republican Presidential Primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, January 30, 2008. “I want to make sure everybody understands, this isn’t a two-man race. There’s another guy, I would like to say, down here on the far right of the stage…If you want to talk conservative credentials, let me get in on that.” Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who has not won any contest since his upset victory in the Iowa caucuses, protests the lack of questions he received during the CNN, L.A. Times and Politico.com sponsored Republican Presidential Primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, January 30, 2008. January 30, 2008 “It's time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path." Speaking to voters at a Habitat for Humanity home-building project in New Orleans, Louisiana, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards officially ends his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, pledging he will continue his fight against poverty and professing his respect for his fellow candidates, January 30, 2008. "Washington is fundamentally broken, and we're not going to change Washington by sending the same people back, just to sit in different chairs. I think it's time for the politicians to leave Washington and for the citizens to take over." Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney pledges to supporters in Florida that he will to continue his campaign for the Republican nomination following a hard loss in the Florida state primary election, January 29, 2008. "My friends, in one week we will have as close to a national primary as we have ever had in this country. I intend to win it and be the nominee of our party." Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain rallies supporters in Florida as he celebrates his victory in the Florida state Republican primary election, January 29, 2008. January 25, 2008 "Now that Sylvestor Stallone has endorsed me, I'm sending him over to take care of Chuck Norris right away." Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain responds to martial arts star and Mike Huckabee endorser Chuck Norris’s claim that McCain’s ability to serve as President would be hindered by his age; the Republican Presidential Primary Debates at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, January 24, 2008. "Barack Obama Campaign Promises" 10. To keep the budget balanced, I'll rent the situation room for sweet sixteens. 9. I will double your tax money at the craps table. 8. Appoint Mitt Romney secretary of lookin' good. 7. If you bring a gator to the White House, I'll wrassle it. 6. I'll put Regis on the nickel. 5. I'll rename the tenth month of the year "Barack-tober." 4. I won't let Apple release the new and improved Ipod the day after you bought the previous model. 3. I'll find money in the budget to buy Letterman a decent hairpiece. 2. Pronounce the word nuclear, nuclear. 1. Three words: Vice President Oprah. Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama gives his presidential “top ten” campaign promises on “the Late Show with David Letterman”, January 24, 2008. January 24, 2008 "You know, between all the allegations of Hillary serving on the Wal-Mart board and Senator Obama working for a slumlord, I was proud to represent the grown-up wing of the Democratic Party last night." Democratic Presidential candidate and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards comments on rival Democratic candidates Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s competitive antics during the latest Democratic Presidential debate, January 23, 2008. "Our scrappy little army's doing pretty well out there on the battlefield." Republican Presidential candidate and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee describes the current state of his campaign to supporters at an anti-abortion rally in Atlanta, Georgia, January 23, 2008. "When I was running, I didn't give a rip what anybody said about me. It's weird, you know, but if you love somebody and you think that they'd be good, it's harder." Former President Bill Clinton remarks on his involvement in wife Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination at a campaign stop in Columbia, South Carolina, January 23, 2008. January 22, 2008 "Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort." Republican Presidential candidate Fred Thompson ends his run for the presidency in a staement given January 22, 2008, following a number of poor finishes in early caucus and primary states. "It took us a while, but what’s eight years among friends?” Republican presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain speaks to supporters at a rally in South Carolina celebrating his win in the state’s Republican Presidential primary election, January 19, 2008. The CNN Democratic Presidential Debate Co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute "Are there three people in this debate, not two? This kind of squabbling - how many children is this going to get health care? How many people are going to get education because of this? How many kids are going to get to go to college because of this? I respect both of my fellow candidates, but we have got to understand this is not about us personally." Democratic Presidential candidate and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards objects to the debate-style of his fellow candidates in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 21, 2008. "It is very difficult having a standup debate with you because you never take responsibility for any vote. It's just very difficult to get a straight answer." Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton questions rival candidate Senator Barack Obama; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 21, 2008. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes." Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama expresses his irritation towards former President Bill Clinton, husband of current Democratic candidate Senator Hillary Clinton, who he claims has made comments against Obama in his support of his wife's campaign that were Senator Obama claims were factually distorted; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 21, 2008. January 18, 2008 "I can't think that far ahead because it's bad luck, I'm very superstitious, and I don't want to be presumptuous. But he is an extraordinary man and has so much to give our country. I hope however this works out he will be a major figure in American politics for years and years to come." Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s answer when asked whether she would consider choosing rival Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama as her vice presidential running mate; Compton, California, January 17, 2008. "You don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag. In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell them what to do with the pole, that's what we'd do." Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee tells voters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that the federal government should not be able to make decisions concerning the Confederate flag, January 17, 2008. "Because I'm an ordinary person, I thought that they meant, `what’s your biggest weakness?’. If I had gone last I would have known what the game was. And then I could have said, `Well, ya’ know, I like to help old ladies across the street. Sometimes they don't want to be helped. It's terrible." Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama recalls a moment in the recent Las Vegas Democratic Presidential primary debate when he and his rival candidates were asked to name their biggest weaknesses, as he speaks to supporters at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 17, 2008. "Do you really believe that all the Democrats understood that they had agreed to give everybody who voted in a casino a vote worth five times as much as people who voted in their own precinct? … What happened is nobody understood what had happened. Now everybody's saying, 'Oh, they don't want us to vote.' What they really tried to do was to set up a deal where their votes counted five times, maybe even more." Former President Bill Clinton, husband of current Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton, defends her campaign's ties with a union's lawsuit to keep casino workers from caucusing at special precincts in Nevada, during a spirited interview in Oakland, California, January 17, 2008. January 17, 2008 “I’ll win here in South Carolina and that’s all there is to it.” Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain campaigns in South Carolina in hopes of rallying votes in the state's upcoming Presidential primary election, a contest he won in his previous 2000 bid for the presidency, January 16, 2008. “Harry Truman had it right. The buck stops with the president." Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters in Las Vegas, Nevada aboutt he the economy, January 16, 2008. January 16, 2008 “Tonight marks the beginning of a comeback, tonight is a victory of optimism over Washington-style pessimism.” Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney delivers his victory speech in Southfield, Michigan follwing his win in the states' Presidential primary election, January 15, 2008. The MSNBC Democratic Presidential Debate “I have to say on behalf of my party...I’m proud of the fact that we have a woman and an African American who are very, very serious candidates for the presidency. They’ve both asked not to be considered on their gender or their race. I respect that.” Democratic Presidential candidate and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards describes his position as a "traditional" (caucasian, male) candidate in the most diverse Presidential election to date; Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15, 2008. “We’re all family in the Democratic party. We are so different from the Republicans on all of these issues.” Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton attempts to alleviate racially-inspired tensions between her campaign and fellow candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama's campaign in her opening remarks at the Democratic Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15, 2008. "But the most important question was not at whether I could win the presidency, but whether I should. Was there something that I could provide this country, in terms of leadership...that I could do more effectively than any other candidate?" Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama describes the reasoning that motivated his decisiom to join the race for the Presidency during the Democratic Presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15, 2008. January 15, 2008 "It's fair to say that it's a critical state for us, an important state for us. I don't think any candidate would ever say 'have to,' but… it's real important." Republican Presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani responds to a question concerning the significance of winning the Presidential primary election Florida to his Presidential campaign in an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday”, January 14, 2008. "Probably many of us thought we would never see the day when an African-American and a woman were competing for the presidency of the United States. I am so proud of my party I am so proud of my country and I am so proud of Senator Barack Obama, because together we have presented our cases to the people…I am standing here, Senator Obama stands before you as a result of the generations of men and women who protested and picketed, faced dogs and tear gas. Who were beaten and jailed who had night sticks crush their skulls. Some who lost their very lives. They risked their lives because they looked into the eyes of their children and saw the promise of a better future. We stand here today because of their sacrifice." Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at the Northminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina in response to barbs exchanged between rival Democratic candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama and her husband, former President Bill Clinton concerning issues of race and civil rights, January 14, 2008. “Any candidate who says traditional auto manufacturing jobs are coming back is either naive or is not talking straight with the people of Michigan and America.” Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain speaks to reporters in Michigan, January 13, 2008. “I may disagree with Sen. Clinton or Sen. Edwards on how to get things done or how to get there, but we share the same goals, we're all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights, we all believe in equal rights" Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks to reporters in Reno, Nevada in response to fellow Democratic candidate New York Senator Hillary Clinton’s call to end their bitter discussion of race and civil rights, January 14, 2008. “What Michigan is feeling will be felt by the entire nation unless we win the economic battle here. Michigan is a bit like the canary in the mineshaft. What's hurting Michigan, will imperil the entire nation's economy." Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney addresses the Detroit Economic Club on January 14, 2008. The primary focus of Romney’s proposal to Michigan voters has been ending Michigan’s “one-state recession.” Many manufacturing plants in Michigan have reduced their labor force or closed down all together, resulting in the nation’s highest unemployment rate at 7.4 percent. January 11, 2008 The FOX News Republican Presidential Debate “Today, foreign policy is no longer like it was in the last century, which was more like a game of checkers that was our side and their side. We tried to get friends and allies and go after each other. Now foreign policy is more like three-dimensional chess, where we have to understand all the players throughout the world and develop strategies to help move the world towards more stability and safety for ourselves.” Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney discusses foreign policy; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 10, 2008. “I am not interested in trading with Al Qaeda, all they want to trade is burqas. I don’t want to travel with them, they like one-way tickets.” Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain's remarks on foreign policy meet cheers of approval in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; January 10, 2008. “That's not the model of the Reagan coalition, that's the model of the Democratic Party.” Republican Presidential candidate and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson insults fellow candidate Mike Huckabee's policy agendas; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 10, 2008. January 10, 2008 "The world has changed. America has changed...In 2000, we were not in two wars and facing the transcendent challenge of radical Islamic extremism." Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain remarks on factors working in his favor in the current Presidential election while campaigning in Michigan, January 9, 2008. “I come from Chicago politics. We’re accustomed to rough and tumble.” Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a televised interview following his second-place finish in the New Hampshire Presidential primary election, January 9, 2008. "The idea that he's had longer experience -- ask Joe Biden and Chris Dodd what it did for them." Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee discounts rival Republican candidate John McCain’s foreign policy credentials in an interview in Michigan, January 9, 2008. January 9, 2008 "Now together, let's give America the kind of comeback that New Hampshire has just given me." Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton in her victory speech to supporters following her first-place win in the tightly contested Democratic Presidential primary election in New Hampshire, January 8, 2008. "I'm past the age when I can claim the noun 'kid,' no matter what adjective precedes it, but we sure showed them what a comeback looks like." Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain in his victory speech to New Hampshire supporters following his win in the states’ Republican Presidential primary election, January 8, 2008. "I am still fired up and ready to go." Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama in his speech to supporters in New Hampshire following his narrow second-place finish in the states’ Democratic Presidential primary election, January 8, 2008. "After we secure the nomination, we've got to come back here and make sure we carry New Hampshire." Republican Presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee in a speech to supporters following his third-place finish in the Republican Presidential primary election in New Hampshire, January 8, 2008. January 8, 2008 “It has all the earmarks of a landslide, with the Dixville Notch vote.” Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain responds to his early four vote victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary in Dixville Notch, a small New Hampshire town of 17 registered voters, on January 8, 2008. “Are you fired up? Ready to go?” Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a speech to supporters at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa; December 28, 2007. “I’m planning on winning today, no guarantees, but I’m planning on winning today.” Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaking to supporters in New Hampshire the day of the New Hampshire Presidential primary elections; January 8, 2008. "You know, this is very personal for me. It's not just political. It's not just public. I see what's happening, and we have to reverse it. And some people think elections are a game…But some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us really haven't thought that through enough.” Democratic Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton speaking to voters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on January 7, 2008, the day before New Hampshire’s Presidential primaries. "I can't make her younger, taller, male, there's a lot I can't do…But if you want a president and need one, she would be by far the best." Former President Bill Clinton joking with voters at a campaign event in New Hampshire for wife Hillary Clinton; January 6, 2008 "I hate that phrase because it was used by somebody else sometime ago…How about: 'The Mac is back'? How about that?" At a campaign event in New Hampshire on January 7, 2008, Republican Presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain describes “The Mac is Back tour”, his new campaign slogan derived in response to a reporter who labeled him the ‘Comeback Kid’, a nickname formerly given to Bill Clinton in the New Hampshire primaries in 1992. << Page
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