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Mark McKinnon Quotes

In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete.

– Mark McKinnon

For most of my life, I’ve considered myself a political centrist.

– Mark McKinnon

If Democrats start consistently winning Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, the electoral outlook for Republicans in the future is mighty bleak.

– Mark McKinnon

There’s no question that many factors contribute to voters’ perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

– Mark McKinnon

Mitt Romney is a nice guy. But, we know where nice guys finish in politics.

– Mark McKinnon

America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.

– Mark McKinnon

You know, the Tea Party is a – first of all, it is a significant movement, and I think the media and some pundits have tried to write it off as a bunch of cranks or something. But, in fact, it’s really a very legitimate and fairly significant swath of voters out there.

– Mark McKinnon

Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush’s 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son’s speech was also quite powerful.

– Mark McKinnon

Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.

– Mark McKinnon

Normally, when politicians talk about ‘cutting the budget,’ they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim to have ‘cut the budget.’

– Mark McKinnon

The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America.

– Mark McKinnon

America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage.

– Mark McKinnon

In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent of income, and one of the lowest debt-per-capita ratios.

– Mark McKinnon

As a Republican, I never expected to be working with Hillary Clinton.

– Mark McKinnon

War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.

– Mark McKinnon

I think the press are good people; I think they’re educated people.

– Mark McKinnon

Debt is a drag, a reality you may experience with every credit-card bill you open. But for a corporation or a government, it can be even more of a drag – on economic growth and job creation.

– Mark McKinnon

Advocacy groups and voters are not wrong to push candidates to declare their position clearly on policy issues. That is good citizenship. Hard questions should be asked of every candidate, every politician. And those public servants should be prepared to answer, but in their own words.

– Mark McKinnon

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

– Mark McKinnon

I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.

– Mark McKinnon

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

– Mark McKinnon

Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent’s greatest strength – not his weaknesses – to place him immediately on the defensive.

– Mark McKinnon

To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.

– Mark McKinnon

Infrastructure spending does not create immediate jobs, and more than half of those jobs will pull from the pool of the already employed.

– Mark McKinnon

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

– Mark McKinnon

Hypocrisy is the scarlet letter in politics.

– Mark McKinnon

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

– Mark McKinnon

Voters crave authenticity.

– Mark McKinnon

The No Child Left Behind Act will be one of President Bush’s enduring legacies. And it was engineered and inaugurated with a truly bipartisan coalition in Congress. Accountability, standards, and truly measuring student performance just makes sense. The only real debate about the law was and is whether or not it was adequately funded.

– Mark McKinnon

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

– Mark McKinnon

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