Obama Campaign Quotes:

According to federal reports filed yesterday, the Obama campaign spent more money than they raised in the month of May. They spent more money than they raised? Well, that's called being a Democrat

- Jay Leno

topic: Yesterday, Campaigns, May, Obama Campaign

Historically, Labour has used technology as a form of control. We would use pagers and faxes to send out messages telling people what line to take. The key learning from the Obama campaign is to use technology to empower your supporters.

- Douglas Alexander

source: "Yes we can: Labour election campaign to adapt Barack Obama's blueprint" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

topic: Technology, Keys, People, Obama Campaign, Fax

If you were following the [Barack] Obama campaign back then, closely, you could see it had become very close to banking interests. So I think you can't properly understand Hillary Clinton's foreign policy without understanding Saudi Arabia.

- Julian Assange

source: Source: www.zerohedge.com

topic: Thinking, Understanding, Campaigns, Saudi Arabia, Obama Campaign

Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that.

- Cornel West

source: "Cornel West Reconsiders President Obama". "Talk of the Nation" with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. August 2, 2010.

topic: White, Challenges, Trying, Obama Campaign, Backlash

I have given money to the Obama campaign online and now they bombard me with emails every day. Why did I do that online? Why didn't I just walk into an office?

- Anne Heche

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Obama Campaign

Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society.

- Chris Lehane

source: "Romney's new foe: Batman's 'Bane'". www.washingtonexaminer.com. July 16, 2012.

topic: Powerful, Father, Intelligent, Obama Campaign, Offshore

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

- Mara Liasson

source: "Obama, Romney Pull Campaign Ads On Sept. 11". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish and Melissa Block, www.npr.org. September 11, 2012.

topic: Anniversary, Years, Political, September 11th, Obama Campaign

The Obama campaign was smarter, quicker on their feet than the Clinton camp.

- Edward Klein

source: "Edward Klein on 'The Amateur,' Obama's Faith". Interview with Paul Stanley, www.christianpost.com. May 30, 2012.

topic: Feet, Campaigns, Clinton, Obama Campaign

Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

- Mara Liasson

source: "Obama, Romney Pull Campaign Ads On Sept. 11". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. September 11, 2012.

topic: Campaigns, Voters, Veteran, Obama Campaign

In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.

- Sean Parker

topic: Media, Elements, Campaigns, Obama Campaign

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate.

- Reince Priebus

topic: Dirty, Issues, President, Obama Campaign

Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. Instead of whining about what the Obama campaign is saying, why don't you just put the facts out there and let people decide rather than trying to hide them.

- Stephanie Cutter

source: "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.theshowbuzz.com. July 15, 2012.

topic: Crush, Thinking, People, Stop Whining, Obama Campaign

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples – where I’m pleased to see the Obama campaign has been shopping; The Sports Authority, which became a favorite of my sons. We started an early childhood learning center called Bright Horizons that First Lady Michelle Obama rightly praised. At a time when nobody thought we’d ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana.

- Mitt Romney

source: Speeches at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa FL, www.washingtonpost.com. August 30, 2012.

topic: Sports, Son, Names, Obama Campaign, Success Stories

Possible controversy for the Obama campaign. Republicans are now accusing Barack Obama's campaign of voter fraud, because some of the people they've registered sound like they have fake names. Apparently, the fakest-sounding name is Barack Obama.

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Names, People, Fake, Obama Campaign, Voter Fraud

The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a masterful job of connecting with minds, personalizing messages, refining old and new media, sending clear messages, and providing the feedback that enabled them to respond to the messages they heard.

- Anne M. Mulcahy

topic: Jobs, Business, Brave New World, Obama Campaign, Old And New

During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

- Questlove

topic: Wise, Thinking, Political, Obama Campaign, Political Agendas

The Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.

- Paul Krugman

topic: Personality, Becoming, Campaigns, Obama Campaign, Cult Of Personality

In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the failure of the president to reignite our economy. And Im simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.

- Mitt Romney

source: "Romney Steadfast in the Face of Growing Calls to Release More Tax Returns". www.nytimes.com. July 18, 2012.

topic: Lying, Giving, Political, Obama Campaign, Political Environment

When NBC News first assigned me to the Barack Obama campaign, I must confess my knees quaked a bit....I wondered if I was up to the job. I wondered if I could do the campaign justice.

- Lee Cowan

topic: Jobs, Nbc, Justice, Obama Campaign, Nbc News

It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.

- Mitt Romney

topic: Campaigns, Firsts, Victim, Obama Campaign