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" 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. "

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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. "

William M. Daley

Progress

Business

American

" As commerce secretary, I led the Clinton administration's effort to ensure China's entry into the World Trade Organization and the permanent normalization of trade between the U.S. and China - steps that produced a 76 percent increase in U.S. exports to China in just three years. "

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

William M. Daley

Academic

Through

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Politics is all about relationships, people. A lot of it's emotional. It's not rocket science. "

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

" 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. "

" The chief of staff has to reflect and sometimes complement the strengths of the president he serves. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

William M. Daley

Senate

Lived

" Some people would like the world to go back to the 1950s. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. "

" 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. "

" 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

Him

Big

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

Campaign

Presidency