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That’s a hypothetical question in the past.
— Gov. Scott Walker (R), quoted by Bloomberg, refusing to say whether he would have supported federal loans to General Motors and Chrysler to get through their 2009 bankruptcies.
You can make the unemployment rate anything you want it to be.
— Ben Carson, quoted by the Washington Post, arguing that politicians and a biased media convince us the economy is better than it actually is.
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Number of swing states in play on the 2016 Electoral Map, according to Crystal Ball: “This map feels like déjà vu: It’s effectively the same map we featured for much of the 2012 cycle, and it unmistakably suggests the Democratic nominee should start the election as at least a marginal Electoral College favorite over his or (probably) her Republican rival. However, at the starting gate it is wiser to argue that the next election is basically a 50-50 proposition.”
I don’t usually go to weddings of people that I don’t know, OK? I don’t go to ‘em. But if somebody that I like is getting married in the traditional sense or in the non-traditional sense, I’m not hung up about it and I’ll be celebrating with them at that point.
— Gov. John Kasich (R), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, declining to shed light on why he felt comfortable attending a gay wedding but was opposed to gay marriage.
I do not come to you tonight with the ability to speak Spanish. But I do speak a common language. I speak Jesus.
— Mike Huckabee, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, speaking to a Hispanic audience.
We’re looking at a system where our democracy is being owned by a handful of billionaires.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by ABC News, on why he’s running for president.
Of the nation’s top 250 Republican donors have given money to Scott Walker in his campaigns for Wisconsin governor, according to an Upshot analysis of Federal Election Commission records and state records. By comparison, 30 percent have given to Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, 20 percent to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and 10 percent to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Money is unlikely to be Bush’s problem in this campaign, and cash may be a less valuable resource than another sort of currency in which he is lacking: the support of influential Republicans, like current senators and governors, especially those who publicly endorse a candidate. Historically, these endorsements have been the best proxy for support in the ‘invisible primary’ and a leading indicator for which candidates may emerge victorious through the rough-and-tumble nomination race. … So far, Bush has won very few endorsements. No current Republican senators or governors have endorsed him, and only five members of the House of Representatives have done so, all from his home state of Florida.
If you’re going to have relentlessly negative coverage from the media, it’s going to affect your poll numbers.
— Gov. Chris Christie, quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer, blaming his rapidly sinking approval rate on the media.
