I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics. – Ed Gillespie
But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner. – Ed Gillespie
When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in. – Ed Gillespie
You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time thats healthy and indeed even creative. But its where – its really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky. – Tony Blair