Chris Gibson Quotes

I will do anything to get re-elected.

I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were targeting delegates and still trying to talk to people, which is what keeps me going as a human being.

The establishment will do all they can to block him, so grassroots America's going to have to turn out in droves for Mr. Trump.

Obama did organize a great large number of people and many enthusiastic people, what's called in the press 'Obama's Army.' But the army is supposed to take instructions, not to implement, to introduce, develop programs and call on its own candidate to implement them. That's critical.

I showed people Republicans in Florida can do more than talk.

You cannot win an election without a fight.

I loved campaigning.

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the telephone calls, and do all the so-called grunt work that brings about a successful campaign.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.

We need to go everywhere. There is not one county in this state, I don't care how far west you go, that doesn't have Democrats. We have to be proud of who we are.

One of my favorite stories is from Obama's first campaign: Michelle Obama was out there every day, collecting signatures and supervising the other people who did. If you were supposed to get 300 signatures and you only got 299, you had to face the wrath of Michelle.

I'm sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

I have got everything which a politician needs.

I will barnstorm American living rooms. Mainstream media will be unable to ignore me, but more importantly they will be unable to overlook the needs of average Americans in the run-up to the 2012 election.

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

You have to have a sense of ego and of purpose to go into politics.

There's nothing more exhilarating than being out on the campaign trail.

This election we lost. The next election we win. But the fight goes on forever.

You can't win an election unless you have a message.

Democrats need an organizer who will energize the grass-roots across this country to build the party from the bottom up.

The Republicans need to work on registration and getting out their vote and their early voters and absentees. Grassroots stuff.