I'm running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.
I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.
Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.
I am not a candidate for renomination or election.
As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
[Campaign] Promises forecast governance.
Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.
Am I happy with the choice? No I'm not. But I'm going to make my choice, and I expect to vote for Donald Trump.
I believe we will elect a new President in 2012.
I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind.
Votes for president have long been a kind of social signifier. People will proudly boast that they voted for JFK; while it's harder to find those eager to claim having supported Richard Nixon.
Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for president as a Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed he was running as a joke.
In my own professional career, I've tried to establish my own identity and my own track record so that if I were to entertain a run for office, there would be my own track record for voters to look at.
If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.
I think Donald Trump is at his best when he sticks to the issues.
We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama!
If you can’t run against a political candidate, run against his campaign manager.
The thing that differs me from a lot of other people running for the President of the United States is that I focus on the problem first. Then I focus on what the solution is.
I do think there would be a receptivity to somebody who campaigned in a straightforward, cohesive way, supporting an increase in the minimum wage, being for universal health care for all Americans, and opposing trade agreements like NAFTA.
I will support the Republican nominee.
I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
I never voted for a Democrat at the state or national level.
To win in 2020, a Democratic nominee will need to win back voters in key Midwestern states who supported Trump in 2016.
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.
