The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself.
James L. Buckley

The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let's face it.
Angela Lansbury

The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff.
Adlai Stevenson

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.
Mary Cheney

There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.
Ronald Steel

This is a race in a heavily Democratic state that, for a Republican candidate, will require full-time devotion in order to win... I could not be a senator and a father during this campaign. I could only be a candidate.
Peter G. Fitzgerald

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
David Brinkley

This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president.
James Baker

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.
David Frum

Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office.
Betty Hill

We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.
Rush Limbaugh

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
Kin Hubbard

Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots.
James Stockdale

When I thought about the calibre of people in the room I realized we might just have a credible candidate for Mayor who will would finally enforce the laws of the city. It was almost too good to be true.
Herbert Baker

When news comes out, it ought to be reported. There shouldn't be a moratorium based on legitimate news, just because it may or may not affect one candidate or the other. That's just absurd.
Mark E. Hyman

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.
Walter Cronkite

With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
Larry King

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt.
Roscoe Conkling

You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.
Don Imus