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We have very little hope... but we have no option except to keep pressing, without justice there cannot be stability. – Khaled Dawoud	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Republicans, I think, see this as an opportunity to put an exclamation mark on what happened on Nov. 4. – John Cummins	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Having him on the call, talking to our grassroots supporters, these are people who have been working very hard all through the year -- it was very motivating. – Kirstin Alvanitakis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Unless they have found some sort of secret sauce to generate a significantly greater white vote than they got last time -- just replicating the turnout that they got on Nov. 4 is not going to do it. – Bob Mann	Found on CNN 9 years ago
So it appears they're really pouring all their efforts into turning out the base, but I don't see how they get enough African-Americans to offset the deficit she faced in the last election. – Bob Mann	Found on CNN 9 years ago
They have shown our President so much disrespect, they said he wasn't a U.S. citizen, they even sued him and, if Cassidy wins, they will impeach him ...The President needs you to have his back now more than ever. – Cedric Richmond	Found on CNN 9 years ago
No one can [lead the fight] because the White House, according to his three predecessors, centers all of the decision making among a handful of people in the White House who have only one thing in common: that they don't know anything about the military. – Chuck Hagel	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This announcement today marks an exciting new chapter for Bermuda too. That our futures are linked in such a meaningful way will make for a great partnership. – Michael Dunkley	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Obama was a huge drag on the party, not just in the South, but across much of the country, he was not articulating a message that I think people respond to. He was well-meaning in his efforts, but he is not in touch with people in the country, and especially in the South. – William Winter	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think we can win on that, if we are not perceived as too far to the left, we can win. I think the South wants to be a part of mainstream America, politically and in every every other way. I think we play on that and let common sense dictate our positions. And it has to be done in concert with the business community. We have alienated a lot of the business community. The business community has a huge stake in maintaining a stable economic and social and educational environment. – William Winter	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Bill and Hillary Clinton are part of the South, they understand the South and they understand the use of political strategies that will bring people in. They are moderate people, and most people in the South are moderate. – William Winter	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Where I think Secretary Clinton has more appeal than any other Democrat looking at running is that with white working-class voters, she does have a connection, i think she's best positioned to open those states. – Mitch Stewart	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I can't remember it being any gloomier for Democrats in the South than it is today, the party has been demonized by Republicans. It's very bleak. I just don't see anything good for them on the horizon. – Curtis Wilkie	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Good luck finding a silver lining in your story, i'm not sure you'll be able to. – Curtis Wilkie	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have to find a way to reconnect, a lot of the policies that we are pushing help everyone, including the white population. – Clarke Tucker	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think candidates can emerge from all sorts of places. – Clarke Tucker	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We are fully engaged, we are still in the game. – Mary Landrieu	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For many of us who were running statewide and have been plowing the soil of the South, we feel like the national party didn't do much to help us at all. – Bakari Sellers	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Lyndon Johnson made it very clear when he signed the Civil Rights Act back in 1964 what the impact was going to be on his party, the Democrats, and their relationship with southern white voters. – South Carolina	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For a decade, the DNC has invested in all of our state parties year in, and year out, including those in the South, whether it's working with state parties to build our voter file, investing in our State Party Partnership which funds staff on the ground, or our voter expansion and protection programs, the DNC is there to support state parties across the South. We have a lot of work to do, but we are proud of our investments in southern states over the last decade. – Michael Czin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have got to have a 2020 plan going forward, and that 2020 plan must start in 2015, this country is moving to the right and it's going to keep moving to the right unless the voters intervene. – James Clyburn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Would be Hillary be helpful? Yes she would, but she is not the only one who would help. There are a lot of Democrats at the top of the ticket who would be helpful. Would Elizabeth Warren be helpful. Yes she would. Would Joe Biden be helpful? Yes he would. I don't agree with this whole notion that it has to Hillary Clinton or it won't be a positive. I don't think that's the case at all. A presidential year is going to be helpful for us. – James Clyburn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our commitment will be measured most likely in years but our efforts are already having a significant impact, the roughly 1,000 coalition air missions we have flown have reduced Daesh's leadership and inflicted damage on its logistical and operational capabilities. – John Kerry	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is much harder now than when we started for Daesh to assemble forces in strength, to travel in convoys and to launch concerted attacks, no large Daesh unit can move forward aggressively without worrying what will come down on it from the skies. – John Kerry	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

We have very little hope... but we have no option except to keep pressing, without justice there cannot be stability.

– Khaled Dawoud

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Republicans, I think, see this as an opportunity to put an exclamation mark on what happened on Nov. 4.

– John Cummins

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Having him on the call, talking to our grassroots supporters, these are people who have been working very hard all through the year -- it was very motivating.

– Kirstin Alvanitakis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Unless they have found some sort of secret sauce to generate a significantly greater white vote than they got last time -- just replicating the turnout that they got on Nov. 4 is not going to do it.

– Bob Mann

Found on CNN
9 years ago

So it appears they're really pouring all their efforts into turning out the base, but I don't see how they get enough African-Americans to offset the deficit she faced in the last election.

– Bob Mann

Found on CNN
9 years ago

They have shown our President so much disrespect, they said he wasn't a U.S. citizen, they even sued him and, if Cassidy wins, they will impeach him ...The President needs you to have his back now more than ever.

– Cedric Richmond

Found on CNN
9 years ago

No one can [lead the fight] because the White House, according to his three predecessors, centers all of the decision making among a handful of people in the White House who have only one thing in common: that they don't know anything about the military.

– Chuck Hagel

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This announcement today marks an exciting new chapter for Bermuda too. That our futures are linked in such a meaningful way will make for a great partnership.

– Michael Dunkley

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Obama was a huge drag on the party, not just in the South, but across much of the country, he was not articulating a message that I think people respond to. He was well-meaning in his efforts, but he is not in touch with people in the country, and especially in the South.

– William Winter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't think we can win on that, if we are not perceived as too far to the left, we can win. I think the South wants to be a part of mainstream America, politically and in every every other way. I think we play on that and let common sense dictate our positions. And it has to be done in concert with the business community. We have alienated a lot of the business community. The business community has a huge stake in maintaining a stable economic and social and educational environment.

– William Winter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Bill and Hillary Clinton are part of the South, they understand the South and they understand the use of political strategies that will bring people in. They are moderate people, and most people in the South are moderate.

– William Winter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Where I think Secretary Clinton has more appeal than any other Democrat looking at running is that with white working-class voters, she does have a connection, i think she's best positioned to open those states.

– Mitch Stewart

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I can't remember it being any gloomier for Democrats in the South than it is today, the party has been demonized by Republicans. It's very bleak. I just don't see anything good for them on the horizon.

– Curtis Wilkie

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Good luck finding a silver lining in your story, i'm not sure you'll be able to.

– Curtis Wilkie

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We have to find a way to reconnect, a lot of the policies that we are pushing help everyone, including the white population.

– Clarke Tucker

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think candidates can emerge from all sorts of places.

– Clarke Tucker

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We are fully engaged, we are still in the game.

– Mary Landrieu

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For many of us who were running statewide and have been plowing the soil of the South, we feel like the national party didn't do much to help us at all.

– Bakari Sellers

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Lyndon Johnson made it very clear when he signed the Civil Rights Act back in 1964 what the impact was going to be on his party, the Democrats, and their relationship with southern white voters.

– South Carolina

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For a decade, the DNC has invested in all of our state parties year in, and year out, including those in the South, whether it's working with state parties to build our voter file, investing in our State Party Partnership which funds staff on the ground, or our voter expansion and protection programs, the DNC is there to support state parties across the South. We have a lot of work to do, but we are proud of our investments in southern states over the last decade.

– Michael Czin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We have got to have a 2020 plan going forward, and that 2020 plan must start in 2015, this country is moving to the right and it's going to keep moving to the right unless the voters intervene.

– James Clyburn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Would be Hillary be helpful? Yes she would, but she is not the only one who would help. There are a lot of Democrats at the top of the ticket who would be helpful. Would Elizabeth Warren be helpful. Yes she would. Would Joe Biden be helpful? Yes he would. I don't agree with this whole notion that it has to Hillary Clinton or it won't be a positive. I don't think that's the case at all. A presidential year is going to be helpful for us.

– James Clyburn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our commitment will be measured most likely in years but our efforts are already having a significant impact, the roughly 1,000 coalition air missions we have flown have reduced Daesh's leadership and inflicted damage on its logistical and operational capabilities.

– John Kerry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is much harder now than when we started for Daesh to assemble forces in strength, to travel in convoys and to launch concerted attacks, no large Daesh unit can move forward aggressively without worrying what will come down on it from the skies.

– John Kerry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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