“The front-runner in the Republican party will be John McCain, based on his performance at the convention, support for Bush and his polling numbers both nationally and in the early primary states, ... His favorable rating [in national voter surveys] is at about 70 percent among Republicans, Democrats and independents, which is kind of unique.”
Scott Reed
“To answer my children’s question, I asked them to identify the values of the Lincoln-era Democrats and Republicans. They correctly identified that the slave states (then the Democrats) stood for states’ rights and against civil rights for African-Americans. Lincoln’s and Hamlin’s views on the issue of states’ rights can best be summarized by Lincoln’s response in the Douglas debates: “There is no right to do what’s wrong.””
kristan peters-hamlin
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
“Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.”
Dan Quayle
“And the only way they're going to come back to the Republican Party is if we have a candidate that is willing to speak about ideas,”
“I am confident that the Republican Party will pick a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.”
“Money goes to where people think power will be in the future. The smart money is on the Republican Party, not only for the present but the future.”
Brian Ballard
