Bob Stern Quotes (12 Quotes)

It's not appropriate for City Hall to be used for private business. It seems the better part of valor would be to have Southern California Edison reimburse the city for the expense or for her to use another facility.

If it passes, it's almost a resurrection for the governor. It shows he can govern again. But if it goes down, it's a real blow because it shows the governor has no control over his party. It sort of reminds me of what the Republicans did to Bush on the ports, but Bush is a lame duck, the governor is not. He's their best hope in the state for this year.

This isn't campaign money it's government access money, and that's what we should call it. If you have strong convictions, you're not going to give to both sides.

You have to work harder at it. But you don't have to work as hard as if you were a U.S. Senate candidate or a congressional candidate.

There have been wealthy candidates before in California, but this is the first time we've seen wealth-on-wealth. The most obvious impact for voters is that they are going to see lots and lots of television ads.

The governor doesn't necessarily meet the hoi polloi of California when he goes to these events,

The governor didn't pitch political reform with his fingers crossed behind his back, ... But political reality sets in. Circumstances change, and he's very changeable. In a certain sense, that's a good thing. ... But when you're flexible, you also have to contradict what you've said before.

It's much more important to raise money to defeat (Prop. 77) than it is to raise money for their own re-election.

It always raises questions when someone goes from one side to the other. One of the questions that comes up is, where is his loyalty

When donors have wealthy relatives, that enhances the value of the donation. A candidate loves to know wealthy people who have big families.

New things popping up -- and something nobody thought about 30 years ago.

If you're just talking to rich people, you're probably not going to hear a lot about health care for the poor. But then again, they're probably not talking too much policy at these events. Most of the wealthy people who attend know the rules. They're not supposed to talk policy or ask for things. That doesn't mean they can't call up later on when they have a problem.