We can't have a serious discussion and take meaningful action to create jobs and control our deficit if politicians just do what's necessary to win the next election instead of what's best for the next generation.
Topic · on the record
Elections
Every quote the archive has tagged elections.
Washington's become more concerned about the next election than the next generation.
No matter how they cast their ballots, all Americans can be proud of the history that was made yesterday.
Friday's elections, you know, appear to be a sham.
It's hard to believe—like, a month away from the Iowa caucuses, and it's going to get intense.
Free and fair elections require the lifting of the state of emergency.
I believe the United States wants you to have the elections as scheduled and take your uniform off.
Eight million Iraqis went to the polls, defied the terrorists, defied the violence. And they voted.
We see the determination to live in freedom in the courage of Iraqi and Afghan citizens who defied the terrorists to cast their ballots.
You need to go out and find that undecided person.
The Iraqi people have gone to the polls to vote on a democratic constitution.
We have stood by the Iraqi people through two elections, and we will stand by them until they have established a free nation that can govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself.
By casting their ballots, the Iraqi people deal a severe blow to the terrorists and send a clear message to the world.
We're going to win the Governor's race.
Anything that increases the likelihood that a legal voter will have his or her vote counted in the appropriate way should be done.
The right to vote includes not only the right to cast the vote but the right to have it counted.