I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win.
One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference between strategy and tactics.
It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.
Everyone knows the presidential candidates and has an opinion about them. But as you get to smaller races, that evaporates and you can win through sheer elbow grease.
Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way.
As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.
Losing the presidency is not like losing any other office. More than any other office, it's a vote about you as a whole human being.
Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.