"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Barack Obama on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. >>Details
"Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises."
Barack Obama on Monday, March 24th, 2008 in Philadelphia >>Details
"I'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when I was born."
Barack Obama on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in an interview with theadvocate.com >>Details
"My husband didn’t wrap up the nomination until June."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 24th, 2008 in an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board >>Details
Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."
Bill Clinton on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board >>Details
"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee."
Bill Clinton on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board >>Details
"He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
Fred Thompson on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview. >>Details
"The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a Washington Post interview. >>Details
Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"Murder went up" when Romney was governor. "Robbery went up. Violent crimes went up.”
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, November 24th, 2007 in a newspaper interview. >>Details
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI’s crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
Mitt Romney on Sunday, November 25th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"John wasn’t this raging populist four years ago" when he ran for president.
Barack Obama on Thursday, November 8th, 2007 in Chariton, Iowa >>Details
“We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it’s had a big impact here. It’s improved schools.”
Mitt Romney on Friday, September 14th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in Stratham, N.H. >>Details
"(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in Stratham, N.H. >>Details
"(McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in Stratham, N.H. >>Details
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