Political Quotes

Bill Bennett: “He misrepresented his view. He said he wanted to go with campaign finance, the public financing. Then, all this money…”

On the recordJune 18, 2008
He misrepresented his view. He said he wanted to go with campaign finance, the public financing. Then, all this money started to fall like leaves off the trees, so, show me the money. And the money made him change his mind.
Said by
Bill Bennett

Editor's note · Context

Bill Bennett discusses Obama's change of stance on public financing, suggesting it was influenced by fundraising success.

Share

More from Bill Bennett

Feb 18, 2010

I don't think so. I think it's a great tumult right now, Anderson. A lot of moving parts. There's no particular leader. What we know is there's a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of unity around the issue of stopping what's…

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 21, 2010

Look, there's one huge dominating issue in America right now. And that is the deficits and the economy and that's got everybody's attention, properly so.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 21, 2010

Ron Paul will not be the nominee of this party. I will take odds on that.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 21, 2010

Lord, no. I mean, I -- if there's one thing that's clear in Washington right now, it's that there's a huge difference between the parties.

transcripts.cnn.com