Scott Howell Quotes

The next time we elect a President let’s do a background check.

I believe Huckabee should have run again in 2012. Everyone was begging for him to do so. He beat Romney in 2008, and I believe he would have done it again in 2012.

I think we know enough now to know that Donald Trump is doing the same kinds of things that Jeb Bush would have done or Marco Rubio would have done or Mitt Romney would have done.

I do not want to see Hillary Clinton as our next president.

Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the United States.

I don't think Donald Trump is going to be our nominee.

The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus is crucial for every presidential campaign.

It was very clear, even from long before Donald Trump got in this race, when he would talk to Republicans, the number-one concern they had about Jeb Bush was whether he was too rusty for this, and whether he was going to be strong enough to stand up to Hillary Clinton.

Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

Many people - especially those people who earn livings by convincing editors and bookers that rich and influential strangers consider their thoughts and opinions interesting - have ideas about who should or should not run for president.

My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.

If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.

I voted for McCain.

First there was the New Hampshire primary, and we had nearly a year leading up to it. And now, look! Three primaries in one weekend! How many of these things are they going to have?

Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions.

During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.

Newt Gingrich would cream Barack Obama in a debate.

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

Ron Paul is not going to be president, so we don't have to worry about who's going to be in his cabinet.

This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.

If you're asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which I would have voted for Mitt Romney unless I sustained a massive concussion.

I believe we will elect a new President in 2012.

On a pure entertainment level, if I'm going to choose to listen to a presidential candidate speak on a Saturday night, it's going to be Donald Trump over Bernie Sanders by a landslide!

The brighter the presidential prospect of victory [for a particular party], the greater the crop of available candidates.

Look at those Republican [Presidential Primary Nomination] debates. I feel embarrassed as an American when I hear them orate.