John T. Flynn Quotes

Obama will win the 2012 election, thanks in part to the tech community rallying behind him due to issues like SOPA, visas, and free speech.

The AFL-CIO giving money to the Democratic Party has all the appearances of dinosaurs mating.

Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties.

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

To win in 2020, a Democratic nominee will need to win back voters in key Midwestern states who supported Trump in 2016.

Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton had so much more money than the Trump campaign, yet, we see who won that election.

To defeat Donald Trump, the Democrats must run a stellar cast of all-stars in their primary.

In some future America, there could be a plausible Michael Bloomberg path to the Democratic nomination. I would love to read a column by a smart person actually attempting to persuade me of this, using evidence.

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

When you look at the money spent by labor unions for Democrats, it comes as no surprise the Democrats crafted a campaign-finance 'disclosure' bill with the thresholds adjusted to exempt unions.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

In 2004, I joined my father, John Kerry, on the trail in his bid for the United States presidency.

I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.

Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole.

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

I think an Edwards-Kerry ticket would be powerful.

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

Politicians often say to me, 'Articles in the 'Observer' don't get me votes, but you get me money.'

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States.

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.