Ron Mullin Quotes

I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.

I lost my first run for office, but I developed a great love for grassroots politics.

You don't win elections on Election Day. You win them by what you do all year round, by the day-to-day good will you generate in each precinct.

was probably the last campaign where the candidate went out personally to the people.

There's nothing more exhilarating than being out on the campaign trail.

You can't win an election with money alone.

It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.

Most politicians have to find a way past that allergy. They have to find a way to go door to door, person to person, or else they don't win.

Return to the fundamentals of politics - sell our story door to door.

I loved campaigning.

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.

Political parties exist to get bums on seats.

I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

I believe that the best way to campaign is one-on-one with people.

In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.

The thing that Tea Parties have to understand, you can't govern if you don't get elected.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.

Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight.

Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts.

Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

People can expect to see a lot of me - I'm not too proud to stand on corners and hold my campaign signs.