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" I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency. "

William M. Daley

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" We can't give the impression to our allies or friends in Asia that because the president is against TPP... that therefore, economically, we're going to pull away from Asia. "

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" I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world's largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services. "

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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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" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "

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" While a truly national third party wouldn't necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are ill-suited to our federalist system. "

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

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" If we don't set the rules for commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, China will. "

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" Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult. "

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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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" Palin's blatant lack of competence and preparedness needs no belaboring. What's critical is that substantive, serious Republican leaders either wouldn't or couldn't declare, before or after the election, 'This is not what our party stands for. We can and must do better.' "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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" No one knows the Senate better than Joe Biden; he lived there for 35 years. "

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" It's been proven in Washington: It's very hard to negotiate and try to get a deal done in public. "

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

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

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

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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. "

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" Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions attack the exportation of American jobs, claiming that trade agreements are destroying our economy. "

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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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" 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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" Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack - that is, a common-sense view of the times. "

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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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" 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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