Matt Bennett Quotes

One of the problems that Hillary Clinton had, and one of the problems that Democrats still have is people don't really know what we stand for.

I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.

[Is the Conservative Party still the Nasty Party?] I said it was perceived as the Nasty Party. And is it? I don't think that it's a phrase that people today would apply to the Party. I think that the perception of the Party has changed.

Democratic Party is a party that's just out of touch with who the electorate is and who Americans are.

Politicians do not like to alienate voters no matter how lofty the goals.

…it was far better to be known as an ex-secretary than an ex-defeated candidate for governor.

Too often on social issues my party has painted an image of America as slouching towards Gomorrah.

War rests upon opinion.

A 30 second negative ad can matter more to a candidate's career than a lifetime voting record.

Pete Wilson was never more than the sum total of his focus groups.

I'd rather be underestimated by the polltakers than by the voters.

Don’t you realize there’s an election this year. This is a social revolution that we’re considering here. And if we decide it in an election year, the two candidates will chose up sides on it, neither one will read the decision of course, and it will be thrown into the political scramble. Is this the way you want this important question to be decided?

The world is governed by opinions.

The Republicans, specifically those of the House of Representatives, are responsible for undermining the confidence of the public that Government can help people.

The biggest problem for the Republican Party has never been its primary calendar, its campaign tactics, or a lack of trainings. The party's biggest problem is what it believes, what it says, and how it governs.

Losing the presidency is not like losing any other office. More than any other office, it's a vote about you as a whole human being.

Americans, unlike their elected politicians, are not stupid.

The question of changing the name must not be taboo. The Front National is a name that has a strong history. It represents a limit in the heads of some voters because it is still demonised.

Politics is a matter of day-to-day improvisation, and it often seems as though the major parties are guided only by the desire to stay in office and not by any philosophy that might justify their doing so.

Perceptions are essential in politics.

The problem is that once we focus on economic policy, much that is not science comes into play. Politics becomes involved, and political posturing is amply rewarded by public attention.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

We need to prove to American voters, particularly independent voters who gave us this opportunity to lead, that this is not your grandfather's tax-and-spend Democratic Party.

Listen, everybody thinks I'm a Republican, but I'm not a Republican.

I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.