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Archive for January, 2008
January 1, 2008
- On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton says she'll use herexperience as former first lady and a New York senator; JohnEdwards says he'll wage the toughest fight against specialinterests and corporations; and Barack Obama offers the ideals ofhope and vision put to work on behalf of the American people, whohe says are the real agents of change.
January 3, 2008
- Bob DeGange: “He’s not really listened to the American people.”
January 5, 2008
- “My throat’s a little sore, but my spirits are high because last night the American people began down the road to change and four days from now, New Hampshire, you have the chance to change America,” Obama told supporters in Portsmouth.
- “By electing a Democratic president, we can not only beginto renew the American people's trust in our government but alsorestore American moral authority in the world,'' Dean said.
- Another none-too-subtle banner was an 11-item “To Do” list beginning with “Make American Safer” and ending with “Put people ahead of selfish interest.” He said the “customers,” or American people, can add more throughout the campaign.
January 6, 2008
- “Whether it happens here in New Hampshire, or whether it goes on to Michigan, I don’t think the American people are going to line up behind John McCain,” Romney said, calling his rival wrong on taxes and immigration.
January 7, 2008
- “One of my opponents said we can’t just, you know, offer the American people false hopes about what we can get done,” he said.
- “We're about to make history,'' Obama, 46, told anoverflow crowd outside an evening rally at the Rochester OperaHouse. “You don't want to end up looking back five years fromnow and say the American people really rose up and changedAmerica, and I was sitting on my couch while it was happening.''
- “We're about to make history,'' Obama, 46, told anoverflow crowd outside an evening rally at the Rochester OperaHouse. “You don't want to end up looking back five years fromnow and say the American people really rose up and changedAmerica, and I was sitting on my couch while it was happening.''
January 8, 2008
- “Today you can make your voice heard — you can insist that change will come,” Obama told the crowd. “The American people have decided for the first time in a very long time to cast aside cynicism, to cast aside fear, to cast aside doubts.”
- “We sure showed 'em what a comeback looks like,'' McCaintold cheering supporters in New Hampshire. “Tonight we havetaken a step, but only the first step, toward repairing thebroken politics of the past and restoring the trust of theAmerican people.''
January 9, 2008
- Later, he told cheering supporters that together, “we have taken a step, but only a first step toward repairing the broken politics of the past and restoring the trust of the American people in their government.”
- “I remain convinced that what the American people are looking for is somebody who is going to be able to rise above some of the petty politics that we’ve seen in the past and really focus on solving problems,” Obama said on the day after.
- “We have a candidate now connecting with the hearts and minds of the American people.”
January 10, 2008
- The "Change" mantra: "I know how to bring change. And I will change Washington," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney declared. "I will take it apart and put it back together simpler, smaller, smarter. But I will bring change and I will honor the promises that the American people have heard from me and from others who care about Republican principles. "
January 15, 2008
- “It appears the nominee of the Democratic party will be an African American man or a woman,” the former president said, speaking at a YMCA in Sparks, Nev. “Either one of those things will be historic. Hillary has an enormous amount of African-American support and Barack Obama has a lot of white people for him. So the American people are trying to liberate themselves of voting for or against people based on category.”
- _”And I believe that, right now, the only way we’re going to move the country forward is if we can bring the country together, not just Democrats but independents, Republicans who have also lost trust in government, and we are able to push aside the special interests and the lobbyists, and we are truthful with the American people and enlisting them in changing how our health care system works, how our economy works, what our tax code looks like.”
- _”I think that the decision for every voter in this election should revolve around first whether you believe America needs change. If you do, who you think will be most effective in bringing about that change. We have different perspectives on that. I think the system in Washington is broken. I don’t think it works. And I think the American people, middle-class Americans, are struggling and suffering. They can’t pay for their health care. They’re losing their jobs. They can’t pay for their kids to go to college. This is a very personal thing for me.”
January 16, 2008
- Democrat Barack Obama says he won’t just be a president for the American people, but the animals too.
- He went on to say, “The question is, can we get a majority of the American people to give us a fair hearing? And I believe that I’ve already proven — I mean, folks said I couldn’t win in Iowa, you know? And we, I think, have moved forward as a country in a significant way.”
January 17, 2008
- Rove told party officials Wednesday that the eventual GOP presidential nominee has “four big things to do” when the intraparty battle ends. The first, he said, is to “introduce themself to the American people,” who pay far less attention to campaigns than most political aficionados realize.
January 18, 2008
- “Somebody doesn’t put the kind of financial resources that I’ve put into this campaign, and the personal resources I’ve put into this campaign, in order to do favors for lobbyists,” Romney said. “I’m going to Washington to help the American people.”
- Obama repeated the routine Friday in Reno. “This is political speak. This is what you learn in Washington for all those years of experience,” he said. “It’s funny except it’s sad because it means the American people are constantly having to sort out what people mean.”
- Bush yesterday called for as much as $150 billion inincentives for businesses and “direct and rapid income taxrelief for the American people'' to avert an economic downturn.
- “This is a larger point that has to be made,” he said. “It is easy to be for policies that help working families when it’s popular on the campaign trail, but the American people don’t want a president whose plans change with the politics of the moment.”
January 19, 2008
- "We are glad we placed our bets on the American peoplebecause we have hit the jackpot," Obama said to cheers onFriday night at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
- Bush yesterday called for as much as $150 billion inincentives for businesses and “direct and rapid income taxrelief for the American people'' to avert an economic downturn.
- Bush yesterday called for as much as $150 billion inincentives for businesses and “direct and rapid income taxrelief for the American people'' to avert an economic downturn.
- Today, the people of Nevada voted for change in Washington. For far too long, our leaders have promised to take the action necessary to build a stronger America, and still the people of Nevada and all across this country are waiting. Whether it is reforming health care, making America energy independent or securing the border, the American people have been promised much and are now ready for change.
- “In war and peace, in good times and challenging ones, we have always known that the first responsibility of government is to keep this country safe from its enemies, and the American people free of a heavy-handed government that spends too much of their money, and tries to do for them what they are better able to do for themselves,” McCain said.
- He added: "As pleased as we are about results, I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something. I'm running to keep America safe, prosperous and proud. I'm running to restore the trust of the American people in their government. I'm running so our children and their children will have the opportunities we're blessed with … I'm running so that they will have the same sublime honor as I have had, to be proud to be an American."
January 20, 2008
- "President Clinton is a huge asset to our campaign and willcontinue talking to the American people to press the case forSenator Clinton," spokesman Phil Singer said.
January 21, 2008
- “When I see Senator Clinton, President Clinton distort my words … that is not a way to move the debate forward, that is not a way to help the American people,” Obama said during his rally at the Columbia Convention Center. “I am not running for president just to become president, I’m running to help the American people. I’m not willing to say or do anything just to win an election.”
- “President Clinton is a huge asset to our campaign and will continue talking to the American people to press the case for Senator Clinton,” said Clinton spokesman Phil Singer.
- The Clinton campaign responded today by defending BillClinton. “We understand Senator Obama is frustrated by his lossin Nevada but facts are facts,'' the New York senator's campaignsaid in a statement. “President Clinton is a huge asset to ourcampaign and will continue talking to the American people topress the case for Senator Clinton.''
- The Clinton campaign responded today by defending BillClinton. “We understand Senator Obama is frustrated by his lossin Nevada but facts are facts,'' the New York senator's campaignsaid in a statement. “President Clinton is a huge asset to ourcampaign and will continue talking to the American people topress the case for Senator Clinton.''
January 22, 2008
- “Don’t question, John, the fact that on issue after issue that is important to the American people, I haven’t simply followed, I have led,” Obama responded.
- “Don’t question, John, the fact that on issue after issue that is important to the American people, I haven’t simply followed, I have lead,” Obama said.
- Obama said to make progress on issues such as the economy, it is necessary to bring the country together and be honest with the American people.
January 24, 2008
- “We need a president who will run the government and manage the economy,” she said. “The American people don’t need a president to talk about our problems, but to solve them.”
January 25, 2008
- “She is so out of step with the American people,” said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, joined by Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in criticizing the former first lady.
January 26, 2008
- “We know that this is exactly what’s wrong with our politics; this is why people don’t believe what their leaders say anymore; this is why they tune out,” Obama said. “And this election is our chance to give the American people a reason to believe again.”
- “We know that this is exactly what’s wrong with our politics; this is why people don’t believe what their leaders say anymore; this is why they tune out,” Obama said. “And this election is our chance to give the American people a reason to believe again.”
January 27, 2008
- Obama today declined to criticize Bill Clinton. “But thereis no doubt that I think that in the '90s, we got caught up in aslash-and-burn politics that the American people are weary of,''Obama said on ABC's “This Week'' program. He added that it was“not the Clintons' fault.''
- “I think that in the ’90s, we got caught up in a slash-and-burn politics that the American people are weary of,” Obama said.
- "In the '90s, we got caught up in a slash and burn politics that the American people are weary of," Obama said.
January 28, 2008
- In Clinton’s estimation, Bush “has never understood is that the State of the Union is not about a speech in Washington. It is about the lives of the American people who feel they are moving toward the American dream.”
January 29, 2008
- “The sooner we get this relief in the hands of the American people, the sooner they can begin to do their job of being good consumers,” Boehner said.
- We Republicans have always known that the first responsibility of government is to keep this country safe from all enemies foreign and domestic and the American people unburdened by the heavy hand of government that spends too much of their money on things they neither want nor need, while failing to do as well as we should the things none of us can do individually.
January 30, 2008
- Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) of Arkansas says she'll stay unpledged until the convention. "The American people need to see that they do play a role in this process."
- “I would certainly, through you, hope we could get back to talking about the issues, drawing the contrasts that are based in fact that have a connection to the American people,” Clinton said.
- “We need to offer the American people a clear contrast on national security, and when I am the nominee of the Democratic Party, that is exactly what I will do,” he said.
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