Rob Portman Quotes

Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars.

I'm not going to sell Donald Trump short. I think the American people saw something in him.

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

In all honesty, Hilary Clinton can't fill a Starbucks even if they offered free ventis.

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

No one is asking for an Oprah in Chief. Anyhow, Obama is too chilly by nature ever to be convincing as a human care package.

The two pillars of winning the presidency are being a strong leader and being someone who understands us and our problems.

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

I voted for Barack Obama.

Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.

I voted for McCain.

Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.

If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete with a President fresh from a war victory.

I don't care how great your ideas are or how well you can articulate them, people must like you before they will vote for you.

I didn’t think that I would ever get elected. After all, you don’t vote for somebody who is attacking Santa Claus.

A politician wants to come off as a happy warrior. To be contemplative seems almost effete, fancy – dispiriting somehow to much of your audience. He [Barack Obama] is not afraid to be this way at all.

If I ran as a Dem, I know I could beat Hillary Clinton. And if it was me vs. Trump, I would crush him. No doubt about it.

Trump has got to, I think, move to a new level. This is no longer the primaries. He's no longer an interesting contender. He is now the potential leader of the United States and he's got to move his game up to the level of being a potential leader.

If Bill Weld were at the top of the ticket, it would be very easy for me to vote for Bill Weld for president.

I have found, in my life experience with President Trump, when he's out there himself and he's being his fresh, authentic self, it's very appealing to the people of the United States.

America is so much more 'show business.' For instance, you have Barack Obama. We have Fredrik Reinfeldt. Everyone in the world knows Barack Obama!

Trump is in the position to be the next president of the United States, given the mood in America today.

Whether you like it or not, Santorum is as good as President Obama with a crowd.