Conan O'Brien Quotes

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.

Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump's the clear front-runner now for their party's nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course, his big win in South Carolina.

I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina.

Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single democratic primary. I'll predict that right now.

If people are interested in changing the direction of the country, Iowa is the battleground.

Ted Cruz caught the momentum in Wisconsin that I think that Donald Trump thought was his and his alone.

I love Howard Dean.

Hillary Clinton is now driving from New York to Iowa. It's been called the least-exciting spring break trip in history.

It's starting to look like Donald Trump may be a serious presidential candidate. If you're in my line of work, Trump running for president for real is the greatest thing that has ever happened.

Donald Trump has more delegates than anybody. He won all 50 delegates in South Carolina. He's got a strong lead.

There was also a sense that if he [Obama] did not win in Iowa, that it was very unlikely that he would be able to come back and win the Democratic nomination and win the general election. It was sort of an all-or-nothing bet. The stakes were that high.

In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.

No Republican has ever won South Carolina and Iowa or New Hampshire, as Trump has, without going on to win the nomination.

It really kind of looks like now that John Kerry is on his way to the presidential nomination. The only thing that can sink John Kerry now is an Al Gore endorsement.

Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Iowa, virtually going door to door to every home in Iowa. Jehovah's Witnesses finally got fed up and said, 'Get lost. Get out of here!'

Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states.

The GOP's freak out over Donald Trump. Just two months to Iowa, can anyone stop him?

I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.

The best thing the Democrats can do is to get Hillary Clinton elected.

It's about going to where your voters are.

Carly Fiorina has campaigned hard in New Hampshire to earn support from voters.

The good thing about having a Republican primary is that the voters will decide our nominee - unlike the Democrats.

I voted for Hillary Clinton.

I don't have the luxury of just hanging out in my primary and, once I win the primary, I'm fine. I have to talk to Democrats and Republicans.

Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.