During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected
By the end of 'Game Change,' one feels that the candidates' few happy moments are those when they 'lose it.'
People lose their sense of humor in [presidential] campaigns.
If any politician tells you he likes campaigning, you are either dealing with a liar or a psychopath.
As a former presidential campaign manager, I remember the final week of the campaign as being the longest and most important week of the campaign. The week doesn't seem to end.
In a campaign, if the phone rings at 6 o'clock in the morning, it's not good news. Good news does not happen at 6 in the morning.
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.