271 Quotes About Candidates

We have four viable candidates to win the job.

Election years make the Lincoln-Reagan Day Gala even more important. There are normally more candidates during an election year ? the time people really want to speak to and meet the candidates.

If you rely on the media for your information, to educate yourself about the candidates and what issues are facing the country, then you get just part of the equation. I think it's important that we as citizens of this democracy take the responsibility to get as much information as possible before we go into the voting booth.

Name recognition gets less important as the race goes on. The key candidates are all going to have enough money to get their own name out there. People will know who they are.

I'm not being cynical. I'm being realistic. Most people have an honest view of how the candidates are selling themselves. Voters should be included in the situation and get some of the windfall.

As long as FEMA is under DHS, problems are likely to continue. I'm told that at least three state emergency officials have turned down the job of FEMA Director because it is under the Department of Homeland Security. Everyone says FEMA needs a top-quality director, but how do we get one when the top candidates won't take the job?

Depending on the school culture at the site where they student teach, our teacher candidates are either very involved in faculty meetings and workshops, or they are not involved at all. We want to improve this because one of the most critical parts in laying the foundation for a quality teaching career is the student teaching experience.

I don't want to be completely cynical, but when I hear that the top candidates were white males, I'm not surprised.

The public is very smart and they look at the individual candidates more and more, I think, in this country and certainly in this city than they do party labels,