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" 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. "

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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. "

William M. Daley

Creation

Strategy

Long

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If anything, the Democrats' salvation may lie in the fact that Republicans seem even more hell-bent on allowing their radical wing to drag the party away from the center. "

William M. Daley

Party

Salvation

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

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

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

" 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. "

" You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "