Karl Rove [political adviser to the president] said the $87-billion vote is the gift that keeps on giving.

241

We had an incumbent ... who couldn't think of a mistake he has made in four years and a challenger ... who has seven houses, married a billionaire and has French relatives.

219

We're always confident that we're going to win. But Monroe-Woodbury has a big advantage with home ice and I hear they are a better team than last year. We're going to have our hands full. We will feel good if we can get a win.

170

The rhetoric in general on both sides often had little connection to the facts.

123

The Bush campaign was all about national security. [Campaign members] implied ... that a vote for Kerry would put you in danger.

109

They wanted to get Republican or Republican-leaning people out to vote.

65