There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work too badly, I'll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election.
I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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.
To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.
I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how.
I want to win and I want to be in office.
I think I'm the best candidate not just to beat President Obama, but to do what is necessary to get this country going, a conviction conservative who can rally the American public around a common set of values.