Krystal Ball Quotes

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

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

I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

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

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

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

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

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

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

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

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

Smilin' for the Presidency

I don't think people realize how life-altering running for president is.

I really was going to run for Congress.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.