Campaign Rules Quotes

During the last 20 years the advent of radio changed all the old rules of political campaigning( Now the successful advent of television, available for the first time this year in a presidential campaign, must again influence the planning of the campaign

I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.

One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.

I don't think anyone's pushing for spending limits in the campaign.

Billboards paid for by the government, which feature the exploits or image of any candidate should not appear within 90 days before an election

It's worth knowing that there's very different sets of regulation for the print press and for broadcast media. They're different things, particularly during campaign periods.

I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

There is no law that says a campaign cannot accept information from a foreign government.

We are in a new era, a new era where campaign rules certainly don't apply, and who knows what other rules don't apply.

That hasn't been easy, because in order to run a clean and transparent race, I announced in January I was not going to accept any corporate PAC money.

The usual test under the Federal Election Campaign Act for whether something counts as a campaign expenditure is whether the obligation would have existed but for the campaign. If so, it is not a campaign expenditure.

When you put your Senate staff together, do not use the staff from your campaign.

One such issue that Arkansans want action taken on is campaign finance reform. And this is a problem that is not really all that complicated.

Presidential candidates don't chew gum.

You want to be somewhat cautious inasmuch as you can't use the state email for political or campaign business.