Statements about Elections
"Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, any lobbyist could go into any legislator and say, if you don't vote our way on this bill, we're going to run a million-dollar campaign against you in your district."
St. Pete Beach's local version of Amendment 4 resulted in "seemingly endless lawsuits (that) decimated the city's legal budget and forced the city to raise the property tax rate."
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted.”
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
Challenger Tim Tuggey "is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to Democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage."
Says he "never" donates to Democrats while Paul Workman "contributes to Democrat Kirk Watson and other Democrats running against Republicans."
Says Paul Workman "voted in the Democrat primary, supporting Democrats with his vote."
“In this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.”
"When we go to vote, they ask for driver's license and verify that you are a voter and a citizen in the state of Texas."
“For the hour after the (Jan. 14) debate, 'Debra Medina' was the No. 1 search on Google and for the remainder of that night No. 3.”
"Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display."
"Governor (Perry), you were a Democrat, having worked for Al Gore as his campaign manager..."
Says approximately 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-2008 were in Texas.
The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.
Claims that Obama said, "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away."
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