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

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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" There is no path to middle-class prosperity without tearing down barriers to American exports. "

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

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

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

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

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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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" 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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