“We have a process for picking the nominee, it's called Iowa, New Hampshire and the subsequent states. And there comes a point when what they are doing actually does get in the way of the accepted process.”
“[Rank-and-file Democrats] want the Washington party to fight every day on every issue and to fight more effectively and better, ... The truth is, it's going to be hard to fight and win every battle. . . . It's finding that right balance that's going to be the art of keeping our coalition together over the next few years.”
“By 2008, 35% of all television viewers and 50% of registered voters will have digital video recorders. And 100% of them will skip political ads. So we'll have to talk to people in smarter ways.”
“The emergence of the Latino population is creating a different politics in the 21st Century. It is really about a strategy. It is about how each party understands this critical part of America.”
“This new media becomes much more important to us because conservatives have been more dominant in traditional media. This stuff becomes really critical for us.”