Policy Importance Quotes

There are certain elections where policy matters more than others….Personality without a platform will not cut it.

I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.

The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.

I think that policy matters. I'm a policy guy.

Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can't trump bad policy.

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

Clinton is a very capable, conscientious person. I think she cares very deeply about policy. She knows a lot about how the government works, and I think those things are very important. You don't really appreciate those things until you get a guy like George W. Bush in the White House, and then you realize that when you don't have someone who knows or cares about government policy, a lot of bad stuff can happen.

I believe that we must attach greater importance to the issue of industrial policy in Europe.

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.