Mark McKinnon Quotes
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I'm saying it loud: I'm a Republican who supports gay rights.
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The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America.
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Politics at bottom is not all that complicated. It's all about timing.
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Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.
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A few words about Sarah Palin: She is one of the most fascinating women I have ever met. She crackles with energy like a live electrical wire and on first meeting gets about three inches from your face.
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To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.
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Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause du jour in writing, but candidates are foolish to comply. Words matter.
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Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.
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I'm amazed, as quirky, individual and selfish as most of us are, that anyone stays married for long.
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There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.
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Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.
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The Republican Party needs to, first of all, quit electing people in primaries that have prehistoric notions about women's issues.
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You know, the Tea Party is a - first of all, it is a significant movement, and I think the media and some pundits have tried to write it off as a bunch of cranks or something. But, in fact, it's really a very legitimate and fairly significant swath of voters out there.
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Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented with hydrocarbons for reliability.
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A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.
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The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of surprise. But, now it's like tuning in to a movie where you already know the plot and the ending. It's just not that interesting.
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To open up new markets and create American jobs, we need to make global bilateral free trade agreements a priority as they were under the Clinton administration.
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Donors, like voters, increasingly expect candidates to exercise fiscal discipline.
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America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.
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Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
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I've slipped on occasion into the realm of irresponsible invective, but I try to avoid it and generally recant when I fall short. Because name-calling does nothing to improve understanding or move the political debate forward.
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CEOs make hard decisions; sometimes, the least worst is the right one.
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Republicans constantly claim to be the party that defends the Constitution. We have no legitimate right to that claim until we get right on gay rights.
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When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.