Gore Vidal Quotes

I am continuing to explore a run in the Senate from Connecticut, absolutely exploring it. In fact, I would say exploring it intensely.

It can be really lonely running for office, especially if you've never done it before and especially when all the normal channels of power are basically closed to you.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

If you can’t run against a political candidate, run against his campaign manager.

In running for Congress, you have to raise over $2 million. You are going to end up shaking hands with people with whom you would rather not shake hands. 95 percent of all the candidates with the most money, win.

I went to the Women's Campaign School at Yale; I went to Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Training, women's campaign fund training. I got to know the district really well by talking to the county chair, getting to know politics, working on some local races.

We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused on the job we had in front of us.

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.

Every member of my family knows that running for office is a personal decision.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

I will do anything to get re-elected.

You can't win an election with money alone.

In a national campaign you are driven to negativism.