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The American People. You hear an awful lot about them. Politicans, especially, are experts: they know what we want, need, feel, think, deserve, demand. So we thought we’d start keeping track of who’s claiming to speak for us, the American People. Who speaks for you?
Quotes are automatically selected from all election-related wire service stories available through Yahoo.
May 12, 2008
- He added that if McCain fails to win the presidency, "it will be because Senator McCain did not present, and his party did not present, a vision, an agenda, a platform and a series of programs" for the American people.
May 11, 2008
- “I can’t quarrel with the American people wanting to know more about that,” he said.
May 10, 2008
- "The American people are busy. They got a lot of stuffgoing on," he said.
- "I think they have a sense of who I am, but I'm applyingfor the most challenging job on the face of the planet and Iexpect that I'm going to have to continually describe to theAmerican people who I am, where I come from, what shaped mycharacter and how I intend to lead this country."
- • Protecting the American people from price gougers and greedy oil traders who manipulate the market.
May 9, 2008
- “I’m gratified that we’ve got some superdelegates who are coming our way. And I think we’ve got a strong case to make that I will be a nominee that can pull the party together and take on John McCain. Our focus has always been on the pledged delegates and just getting the American people to vote for us. And we think that ultimately that should be the strongest measure of who’s the nominee,” Obama told reporters in Woodburn, Ore.
- Kennedy, 76, without naming names, said Obama should pick arunning mate who “is in tune with his appeal for the nobleraspirations of the American people.''
- Obama should choose a running mate who "is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people," Kennedy said. "If we had real leadership — as we do with Barack Obama — in the No. 2 spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful."Ouch.
- Kennedy, 76, without naming names, said Obama should picksomeone who “is in tune with his appeal for the nobleraspirations of the American people.''
- “The American people don’t want to make their neighbor’s payment when they’re having trouble making their own,” said Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas.
May 8, 2008
- “We think the American people want action - and they deserve action,” said Kennedy. “It’s a complex disease and it requires comprehensive strategies to fight it.”
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