Quotes About Campaigns

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.

My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all.

Research who your politicians are, even; know what they do, know who they're supported by legislatively, and know who is supporting them financially for their campaigns. Because ever since Citizens United, we've seen a massive growth in the amount of campaign contributions and corruption in politics as a result, and that has to change.

There is no question: the Hollywood crowd predominantly supports Democrats.

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the people they're supposed to represent.

Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

There is no accountability in soft money. None.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

PACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts.

In fact, not only do I support eliminating soft money, but I support full public financing for campaigns.

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

The problem isn't too little money in political campaigns, but not enough.

Speech doesn't corrupt. Money corrupts, and money isn't speech.

Democrats always were a cheap lot. They never had much money to operate on.... They would rather make a speech than a dollar. They cultivate their voice instead of their finances.

Money in politics is a huge issue.