Mark was trusted by Labor as a thinker, as a formidable parliamentarian, as a moving advocate of Labor's great ideals. But almost more than this, Labor put its faith in Mark Latham because the caucus wanted to register its protest about the corrosion of its internal culture. In electing Mark, Labor caucus said to the world and to itself that it wanted to change for the better. And I believe it has.
Quotes about electing (16 Quotes)
We wonder why we're electing Democrats and Republicans who seem to be more extreme than the average Democrat or Republican, and when they get to the statehouse, they don't seem to talk to one another.
I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.
We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.
My peers across the country have recognized my leadership ability by electing me as president of the National Association of Counties. My peers across the state have recognized my leadership ability by making me chair of TEX-21... Locally I head up several task forces and committees concerning transportation and other county matters.
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.
Republicans in Congress have signaled that they want reform -- but not very much reform. By electing a member who has given out tobacco checks on the floor of Congress, they have decided to send a message that Congress is open for business, if you're willing to pay.
If theres a message in Mississippi, its that Ronald Reagan was right. Third parties usually succeed in electing the very people they most oppose. In this case, they may have provided the margin to elect a liberal Democrat who ran a negative campaign funded by the trial lawyers.
Rather than the constituents electing the members of the legislatures across the land and the Congress, the members of the Congress and legislatures elect their constituents,
These actions are further evidence of Aetna's long-standing commitment to being a corporate governance leader, ... Many shareholders in corporate America want more say when it comes to electing directors at companies. Our board studied other alternatives, including cumulative voting, and decided that implementing a majority vote standard for director elections most effectively responds to shareholder needs and strengthens our board's accountability to our shareholders. We also believe that the package of enhancements adopted today is consistent with corporate governance best practices.
Our country needs a Democratic president, a Democratic Congress and most important, a Democratic conscience. Electing Al Gore and Joe Lieberman is the right thing to do for our country,
I've been astounded by Bush in his relationship with Republicans in Congress. In my lifetime, there has been no Republican president who has spent as much effort and as much time electing people of his own party to the Congress, or less time talking to them after they got there.
That's for them. But it's for us to say the consequences of electing people who aren't serious negotiating partners is that we can't move this forward,
No other past presidential candidate, with the exception of McCain, has done what Kerry has done in terms of converting his presidential campaign into a grass-roots political and legislative operation. He's dedicated to electing Democrats.
The choice the American people will make on November 2 is whether we will continue with the tough, aggressive and effective policies of this administration or revert back to the pre-911 mind-set by electing someone whose views on these issues are marked by indecision, confusion and contradiction.
If we look at security critical systems, say banking, electronic gambling, a great deal of care is put into making those machines secure, and still problems occur. I consider electing the leader of the free world to be a more critical question than who wins the lottery.