Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.
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Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your character. It's one of the reasons we have campaigns.
In politics, sometimes the best measure of success is the reaction of your enemies.
The capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them.
Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.
The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.
I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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