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" Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help. "
William M. Daley
Help
Voters
Elections
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" Politics is all about relationships, people. A lot of it's emotional. It's not rocket science. "
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" Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. "
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" Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once. "
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" What comes into the Oval Office are not the good or easy decisions. The easy decisions are made elsewhere. The things that make it to the Oval are always the hard ones. "
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" Whether McCain actively sought Palin in 2008 or passively yielded to aides' pressure, he set a new standard for GOP candidates who rely on lots of sizzle and little substance. "
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" Commerce was the best job I could ever have. "
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" No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years. "
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" You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand. "
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Know
" 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. "
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Community
Fall
" 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. "
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Strategy
Long
" Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy. "
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Foreign Policy
Trade
Policy
" If we don't set the rules for commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, China will. "
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Commerce
Region
Rules
" 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. "
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Look
Attractive
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" As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders. "
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Shareholders
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" There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department. "
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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. "
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Rules
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" Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack - that is, a common-sense view of the times. "
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Business
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" 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. "
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" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "
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Potential
" 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. "
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" Trump is a different politician. He was a different businessman. His campaign was different. What you saw in his campaign is what you're going to see in his presidency. "
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" Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe. "
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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. "
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Political
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" Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about. "
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People
Game
" Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency despite losing the popular vote, there's a growing cry to rethink, or even abolish, the electoral college. This would be a mistake. "
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College
Growing