Nominee Quotes

"It's highly unlikely she can succeed. Katherine Harris being our sole nominee is not in the party's best interest."
-Al Cárdenas

"I like the mayor, but it doesn't mean I'll endorse his candidacy, ... fine Democratic nominee."
-David N. Dinkins

"I don't think you'll have to worry that this mental midget, this hillbilly Hitler from Alabama, is anywhere near becoming the nominee of the Democratic Party."
-Julian Bond

"The President can believe in his heart of hearts that he is picking a conservative nominee, and he can be surprised."
-Tom Goldstein

"I am truly honored to have even been considered as a nominee for such a distinction, much less actually selected."
-Joe Cannon

"It's the 900-pound gorilla that's weightless. It's an empty symbol. It's almost as if the nominee is a hologram."
-Dennis Hutchinson

"We moved the president's agenda and have a Supreme Court nominee whom people are happy with."
-Mike Dewine

"The debate over the next nominee will do far more to form the battle lines for the '06 midterm elections than anything involving the Congressional leadership."
-Bob Stevenson

"Democrats are less prone historically to turn to a defeated nominee again."
-Neal Thigpen

"[Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor and Brenda Blethyn (a 1997 Oscar nominee for Best Actress for] Secrets and Lies ... The Rise and Fall of Little Voice."
-Jane Horrocks

"There is a deep consensus between Gore and Bush, ... When you look at the last 10 years, there's not much you can think that would be different if George Bush (the former president and father of the current GOP nominee) had won and Bill Clinton had lost."
-George Friedman

"I have too many unanswered questions about the nominee to justify a vote confirming him to this enormously important lifetime position."
-Harry Reid

"It is still not clear who the DFL nominee will be."
-Troy Young

"Our approach is that it's traditional for the nominee to be out there carrying the message and have other folks turning out the base and raising the money."
-Douglas Hattaway

"I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record."
-Nevada Democrat

"I have a feeling she might cry. She was pretty excited when I told her I was a nominee."
-Rachel Williams

"We won this election for the President, and we deserve to have the next Supreme Court nominee, we deserve to be heard, we deserve to have our policies implemented."
-Christine Todd Whitman

"I'm really disappointed that Senator Wyden chose not to support this highly qualified nominee."
-Jim Westwood

"A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor."
-Jim Manley

"Right now you could flip a 12-sided coin and come up with the nominee."
-Craig Shirley

"I think we should write a platform that allows the nominee to argue his position."
-James Bopp

"[Reacting to those comments by the Democratic presidential nominee, Cheney characterized them as an] attack ... the man American must stand beside to defeat the terrorists."
-Ayad Allawi

"Our Democratic nominee will only be mentioned in the press stories when the Republicans are attacking that nominee."
-Kathy Sullivan

"John Faso, the Albany lobbyist, will need all the help he can get. At the end of the day Randy Daniels will be the nominee of the Conservative Party."
-Robert Ryan

"Debating is something candidates are expected to do. If the debates are lively and cantankerous, it advances the cause of the public being able to make a choice for the Republican nominee."
-Bob Loevy

"It would give an advantage in the election if a nominee is appointed in the interim. It would be appropriate to have the appointment only if it's not the nominee of one of the parties."
-Russell Verney

"My suspicion is that the next nominee will not be someone from the staff."
-Fred Mcclure

"At a time when these controversial issues need a leader who can find common ground, the president could not have chosen a more divisive nominee."
-Philip Clapp