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" Bernie Sanders is making a big and potentially dangerous mistake with his continuing insistence on changes to the Democratic Party's rules and platform. I should know. As chairman of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, I understand too well where such ideological stubbornness can lead. "

William M. Daley

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" While imperfect, the electoral college has generally served the republic well. It forces candidates to campaign in a variety of closely contested races, where political debate is typically robust. "

" It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work. "

" As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders. "

" There's a growing sense among large corporations that to solve global problems like climate change, the responsibility can't fall just on the government. The business community has to be a big piece of that. "

" Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy. "

" Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. "

" It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party. "

" President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that he wasn't a big spender. "

William M. Daley

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" The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security. "

" Obviously in a campaign, people say lots of things that they find, when they get in the office, life's a little different. "

" Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe. "

" Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help. "

" When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. "

" When a state offers your company an attractive package of incentives to relocate, you have to look at it, and if it significantly boosts your bottom line, you have to take it or answer to your investors. "

" I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors. "

William M. Daley

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" The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection. "

" Commerce was the best job I could ever have. "

" Illinois needs a real strategy for job creation that grows the economy over the long term with high-wage jobs that rebuild the middle class. "

" Sanders insists the party adopt 'the most progressive platform ever passed' at its Philadelphia convention. Since when does the runner-up get to dictate the platform? "

" There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores. "

" There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them. "

" The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect. "

" There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department. "

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" As president, you can't just say, 'I want this,' or, 'Do that.' A president has to lead the American people to where he wants to go, and the chief of staff needs to help him get it done. "

" There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system. "

" Young people - motivating them in any election is hard to do. "