Kellyanne Conway Quotes
Candidates matter. Campaigns matter. 'He can win' or 'She can't win' is up there with, 'I'm going to lose 10 pounds, win the lottery, and live forever.' Saying it does not make it so.
Conway, Kellyanne. Interview. Fox News, 2016.
See {583344} for Dewey's famous reply.
He was explaining why his candidate, Earl Warren, refused to debate his opponent, incumbent governor Olsen, in 1942. Later he was one of the Nixon advisors who was vehemently opposed to Nixon debating Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election.
On election night in 1960 the vice presidential candidate phoned his running mate to discuss the returns:
Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is an American political consultant and pollster, who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previously Trump's campaign manager, having been appointed in August 2016; Conway is the first woman to have run a successful U.S. presidential campaign. She has previously held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party, and was formerly president and CEO of the Polling Company/WomanTrend.