“I don’t intend to lose this election. John McCain doesn’t know what he’s up against. He can talk all he wants about Britney (Spears) and Paris (Hilton), but I don’t have time for that mess.”

– Senator Barack Obama

Venue: Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh NC August 20, 2008

Context / reference source: Fox News

” … But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations … ” — Senator Barak H. Obama

Venue: Fundraiser in San Francisco, Sunday, April 13 2008

Context / reference source: thepage.time.com

” I think the fact that governors are being forced into this position is really unfortunate. They should not be making immigration policy. The federal government should be making immigration policy. And that’s what I’m going to try to do as president again …”

– Senator Hillary Clinton

Venue: CNN Interview November 7, 2007

Reference / Context Source: Politico

“There’s less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.” … “When you have children coming from dysfunctional homes, when you have children coming from homes where there’s no books, where the mother from the time they’re born doesn’t talk to them — as opposed to the mother in Iowa who’s sitting out there and talks to them, the kid starts out with a 300 word larger vocabulary at age three. Half this education gap exists before the kid steps foot in the classroom.”

– Senator Joe Biden

Venue: Washington Post Interview October 25 2007

Reference / Context Source: Washington Post

“I have a million ideas. The country can’t afford them all.”

– Senator Hillary Clinton

Venue: Boston Globe’s editorial board

Reference / Context Source: The Boston Globe

“Many of you are well enough off that … the tax cuts may have helped you … We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”

– Senator Hillary Clinton

Venue: Democratic Fund Raiser in San Francisco June 29 2004

Reference / Context Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

“Yes, we’re angry. And yes, we’re fighting back. But we’re not going to do it like they do. We will be a flaming sword of justice, cutting through the turgid cacophony of right-wing talk with a blade of burnished truth. And celebrity interviews. All on a crisp, clear AM signal.”

– Al Franken, discussing Air America

Venue: Los Angeles Times March 31 2004

Reference / Context Source: commondreams.org