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Ms. Notley likes to show grainy videos of things I said while I was on radio and the reason she does that is she doesn’t want to run on her record, and the reason she doesn’t want to run on her record is it was an absolute disaster.

Danielle Smith

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

They shut us down on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day every hour for anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes to an hour, well, once your power goes down, your heat pumps go off and pipes freeze. But less than one mile away is crypto, allowed to run on the low end. As soon as the power came back, boom! They’re cranking before we are.

Ron Wright

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All of it with justice, with equity, with inclusiveness, with diversity, taking us to a new place, he has been a great president, and he has a great record to run on.

Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Candidate quality is a big factor in compelling voter trust, and when you have candidates like John Fetterman, who is struggling to recover from a stroke and unable to handle the rigors of the campaign trail, and even incumbents like Raphael Warnock and Mark Kelly who have no accomplishments to run on, it's that much harder of a sell. Because politics is about policy, yes, but it's also about connecting to voters in a visceral way and convincing them you can be trusted with their interests. Democrats are just out to sea on both.

Rachel Bovard

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Tina Kotek spent years as Kate Brown's co-pilot, leading a one-party government that presided over massive homelessness, rising crime, failing schools, and a growing affordability crisis, without Kate Brown, Tina Kotek would have almost nothing to run on, since there was absolutely no daylight between the two on any issue of consequence. It's only right that Oregonians know Tina Kotek is Kate Brown's chosen candidate as they cast their ballots in this crucial election.

John Burke

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

These are real things that benefit people that we can run on.

House Democrats

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My advice to candidates is to do both at the same time ; draw the contrast with the left and run on a winning platform that actually shows voters what The SLF official care about, republicans, I think, have been doing this but they need to do it a lot more in the next 60 days.

Jessica Anderson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was happy to get a run on the board, that's all I can really say. The rookie [ Twins pitcher Louie Varland ] was making his debut and kind of had us shut down there for a little bit. He had a good quick pace, working all of his pitches. It [ Judge's home run ] kind of got some stuff going, got this offense going a little bit.

Aaron Judge

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Newhouse and Valadao, what did they run on? They were running on their district, on specific issues in their district. Valadao is talking about agriculture all day, every day.

Doug Heye

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m not convinced we're going to get there, it could be a bit academic having that discussion, because I don't think the supreme leader of Iran wants to cut a deal, so the Iranians won't want to end the talks either, so they could run on for a bit.

Richard Moore

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To throw at Julio, who’s a kid, over something that happened last night when we were trying to win a ballgame in the ninth inning (and not) put the tying run on base, it’s just classless to come out and change your pitcher before the game. It’s clear. The intention is clear.

Marco Gonzales

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

America is run on big companies.

Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein, i didn't starve Kim Kardashian, but I was so strict.

Kim Kardashian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You take a look at open borders, 40-year high inflation, record gas prices, rising crime, the Republicans can't talk about the results of The Republicans governance, so The Republicans've got to try and find something else to run on.

Ron Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You take a look at open borders, 40-year high inflation, record gas prices, rising crime, they can't talk about the results of their governance, so they've got to try and find something else to run on.

Ron Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're heading into midterms and folks will want to have an accomplishment to tout, it's a good package for people to run on.

Angela Montez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Listen, the reason Mehmet Oz keeps talking about President Trump's endorsement is because Mehmet Oz can't run on Mehmet Oz own positions and Mehmet Oz own records, and what's true is Mehmet Oz has flip-flopped on every major issue that we're talking about in this campaign, the problem, Doctor, is there's no miracle cure for flip-flopping, and Pennsylvanians are seeing right through your phoniness and that's what you're dealing with. And that's why you're not taking off in the polls.

David McCormick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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Gary Weaver

added by Garyweaver
2 years ago

Only by doing dynamic zero-COVID can we eliminate the hidden dangers of the epidemic, avoid the run on medical resources that may be caused by large-scale infections and prevent a large number of possible deaths of the elderly or those with underlying diseases.

Wu Zunyou

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I can't overemphasize enough that earmarks are just another tool in the toolbox for a corrupt Washington, which has no intent whatsoever not to balance the budget, it's a lie. All those people who run on balancing the budget, ‘I'm going to pass a balanced budget amendment.’.

Chip Roy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

During a radio interview I used our failure to repeal and replace Obamacare as an example of how we need to be prepared to deliver on whatever agenda items we decide to run on, i was not suggesting repealing and replacing Obamacare should be one of those priorities. Even when we tried and failed, I consistently said our effort should focus on repairing the damage done by Obamacare and transitioning to a health system that works.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You know, testing has always been an issue, it's been a very, very strong run on testing.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's been a very, very strong run on testing, obviously, not making any excuses for it : we should have had more tests available. But hopefully now as we get into the first couple of weeks in January, that'll get much better.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We think that Democrats have strong records to run on regarding the issues people care about in their states, we always believe that governors run outside the national trends. We’ve seen our candidates win in states such as Louisiana and Kentucky where Trump won big.

David Turner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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