Political Misstep Quotes

We may blunder on in spite of repeated miscalculations of the popular will

The Palestinians have never lost an opportunity to lose an opportunity.

One wrong move that appears to reveal a president ensconced in a White House bubble can lose an election, such as when President George H. W. Bush was criticized for expressing interest in the capabilities of a grocery-store scanner in the early 1990s.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't.

I had a lot of hubris going into politics, but I didn't think I was Pierre Trudeau.

Hillary Clinton called President Assad a "reformer". She called Assad a "different kind of leader". There's now 400,000 now dead... think about that.

There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates have performed better than they have in years. For the moment, today, as you read this, the Democratic candidates are the jokes.

The Iraqis expected Americans to be much more competent.