James Madison Leach Quotes

Campaigning ain't tough.

Running for office is not easy. It's not enough to want it.

I ring 8,000 to 10,000 doorbells every time I run.

I campaign all the time.

You never get to too big to phone bank, that's my opinion.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

Political campaigns are only a slightly more polite form of ground battle.

I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.

I would love to be a mentor to many people who want to go into the political arena, teach them the art of winning elections.

Campaigning means talking to people in the street, it's important.

I've always done party building and party fundraising.

I learned more in 11 months in running for president than I did in 12 years of school.

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.

I was considering running for political office.

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.'

I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done.

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

I always start my campaigns early, and I run hard. Maybe it comes from the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco politics, where it's not even a contact sport - it's a blood sport. This is how I am as a candidate. This is how I run campaigns.

Obama was elected by the people, and I was glad that barrier was broken down. I did, along with my wife, campaign for him in Ohio because that was a key state. If I had to say does he rate an 'A' or does he rate a 'D,' it would be very difficult. I give him a 'C.'

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.