Electing Quotes

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin.

I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe's direction. That's also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France's future, but also initiate change across all of Europe.

In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.