Gwen Ifill Quotes

Punditry is like weather forecasting: the winds can shift without warning. I remember when nobody would bet a McDonald's Quarter Pounder that Bill Clinton would win the White House.

My endorsement of Senator Obama will not be welcome news to my friends and family at the Clinton campaign.

There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton.

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.

The principle issue in this election is whether or not you are prepared to do anything new.

I don't think that winning the presidency of the United States is a matter of a single issue.

Every election is a matter of definition.

We need to have people who are talking about, 'Here's exactly what I would do differently.' That's what's important as we go vote.

Crooked Hillary. Look, can you imagine another four years of the Clintons? Seriously. It's time to move on.

Voters don't have to love him, Romney advisers say, but they will respect him.

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket.

I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.

I think the main thing we can do, whether you agree or not, I don't think that's the real issue, the real issue is this November and there's an election.

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried.

Those who are outraged will vote.

I don't think Obama will get re-elected.

The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

People want change. How is Barack going to do it? I think McCain can bring change.

I was like everyone else when Obama was elected - optimistic.