Kevin Madden Quotations

The brutality of the pace. This was my third presidential campaign and it was a thousand times faster paced than my first one in 2004. The news cycle is constant and there has been an explosion in the number of news outlets covering them. As as result we're witnessing news and entertainment melding together to create what I'd describe as the "American Idolization" of campaigns and politics.

Without hesitation, each time, my answer was our standing with Hispanics and Latinos. We must do a better job of reaching out to these communities and demonstrate to them that our party is aligned with the aspirations Hispanics have for their families and for America.

Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the nation faces, he's really going to have to put his 2008 rhetoric about bringing people together into practice. Otherwise his legacy will only be that of a great campaigner whose promises fell short of accomplishment.

Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.

We did a lot right with the voters with whom we've enjoyed traditional support. But we haven't done enough to build a larger coalition of voters. We have to modernize our message to reach a larger audience of voters beyond our base.

He's someone who has always had a very strong, natural pigment, and he likes to spend a lot of time outside. So when you're outside a lot and you have a very tan-friendly pigment like that, you're going to have a tan that makes everybody else in Washington, especially in the winter months, very jealous.

There are literally thousands of e-mails like this sent by (Capitol) Hill staff members every day.

Ronnie Earle's previous misuse of his office has resulted in failed prosecutions and we trust his partisan grandstanding will strike out again, as it should.

He handles it the way he handles everything - with a good sense of humor and without ever really losing focus on his priorities. He's a regular guy with a big job. That is always the way John Boehner has approached his life in politics. It's an approach that has proven successful, and that is why he is majority leader.

These charges have no basis in the facts or the law. Ronnie Earle has tried to manufacture charges against Republicans involved in winning those elections using arcane statutes never before utilized in a case in the state. This indictment is nothing more than prosecutorial retribution by a partisan Democrat.