Doug Hattaway Quotes (16 Quotes)

He is trying to define his own vision for all the voters, and that can be a tough challenge for a sitting vice president. In a way the vice president actually has more work to do in introducing himself.

The baby boomer generation is retiring and the demands on Social Security will increase exponentially this decade. Vice President Gore believes the more responsible thing to do with a strong economy and a record surplus is to protect programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

Timing your own stuff is pretty straightforward. You find the best time of day to get maximum media exposure without getting stepped on.

Because of 24-hour cable news and online news, the campaigns are played out in real time.

The average person listens to the radio on their way to work. It's a good way to get it the message out.

Every Friday, you get on the phone to the weekend producers to influence them. You attempt to feed quotes and information to convince them that they'll make news on their show.

He actually combines a number of attributes that I think are attractive in some of our candidates, and he has the potential to cause heartburn across the field.

The idea is to time an attack press conference to spoil another press conference.

Al Gore has been campaigning as his own man, speaking to the American people from his own heart and that's the way it should be. The president has a number of important activities to do for Democrats.

We're not going to abandon our homeland security legislation to give tax cuts to the wealthy and to profitable corporations.

It's totally irresponsible to side with weapons manufacturers against concerned citizens in local communities. He's turned his back on our communities and stood with the gun lobby lock, stock and barrel.

The cost of his (Bradley's) proposal almost forces that kind of tax increase if we are going to make the investment also to preserve Medicare and Social Security.

We did something with mayors around the country in March. This is part of our effort to work closely with people in communities across the country to build support for the party and the ticket.

Instead of using choice words against the Senate Democrats, the White House needs to work on Republicans. Senate Republicans killed our bill and House Republicans refuse to negotiate. There's not much we can do under these conditions.

The beauty is, he's laid issues on the table. Now we can have some good debate.

Bush has spent more than anyone ever has to run this campaign, including Al Gore. Leading up to the general election, Bush spent twice as much as Gore.