Joe Biden Quotes About Elections

Quotes about: Elections

• Politics is a damn expensive business. I had one hell of a time trying to raise money as a candidate. I had to put a second mortgage on our house to get that campaign started, and I ended up spending over $300,000 to get elected. I believe that public financing of federal election campaigns is the only thing that will insure good candidates and save the two-party system. It is the most degrading thing in the world to go out with your hat in your hand and beg for money, but that's what you have to do if you haven't got your own resources.

  Joe Biden

  Party, Believe, Hands

• The president has a big stick.

  Joe Biden

  President, Sticks, Election

  "All In" with Chris Hayes, www.nbcnews.com. January 29, 2015.

• There is no question that I would be the better president. But as for the campaign, are Americans ready for a general election in which both major party candidates are ADD? Quite frankly, it could provide an opening for a third party candidate, maybe someone backed by the evil Koch brothers.

  Joe Biden

  Brother, Party, Evil

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2015.

• But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

  Joe Biden

  Election, Authority, Polls

  "Interview With Colin Powell; Interview With Nabil Sha'ath; Interview With Ehud Olmert". "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", edition.cnn.com. January 9, 2005.

• The average voter out there understands that the next president is going to have to be prepared to immediately step in without hesitation and end our involvement in Iraq. It's very difficult to figure out how to move on to broader foreign policy concerns without fixing Iraq first.

  Joe Biden

  Moving, Average, Iraq

  "Biden officially running for president". www.nbcnews.com. January 31, 2007..

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