National Platform Quotes

Palin may be a polarizing figure, but she's more than just a 'political personality.'

When you're on TV, you're still coaching, believe it or not. You're just coaching America, you're not coaching one team.

Obviously, I am a member of Congress, and things that I say are elevated on a national level, and I understand that very clearly.

Becoming Miss America was one of those things. It immediately changed what I thought I was going to do with the rest of my life.

While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country... and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President... like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. How would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight?

The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.

Mayors of New York are almost automatically national figures.

I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office. Most in Alaska recognize our former governor is really not involved in or engaged in the state anymore, that she's moved to other interests.

Bill de Blasio, for his part, became the mayor of New York, surely the most powerful local political position in the nation, and arguably - after Giuliani and Bloomberg - one with a national base, one with, practically speaking, no job at all. He went from marginal political flotsam and jetsam to extraordinary centrality within a few months time.

Who is Allen West? What is Allen West doing with his time? He's the most irrelevant person in America.

Donald Trump, an oft-bankrupt make-believe mogul clown with a television show where he pretends to fire America's saddest former celebrities, is one of the Republican Party's most prominent national figures because he is on TV and people have heard of him.

We all know that Sarah Palin loves attention.

The President can set the cultural agenda.

Athletes from rural areas are getting a chance to showcase their talent through the Khelo India Games.