Doug Hattaway Quotations

Bush has spent more than anyone ever has to run this campaign, including Al Gore. Leading up to the general election, Bush spent twice as much as Gore.

He is trying to define his own vision for all the voters, and that can be a tough challenge for a sitting vice president. In a way the vice president actually has more work to do in introducing himself.

We did something with mayors around the country in March. This is part of our effort to work closely with people in communities across the country to build support for the party and the ticket.

We're not going to abandon our homeland security legislation to give tax cuts to the wealthy and to profitable corporations.

Timing your own stuff is pretty straightforward. You find the best time of day to get maximum media exposure without getting stepped on.

We do not see this as a blow.

Every Friday, you get on the phone to the weekend producers to influence them. You attempt to feed quotes and information to convince them that they'll make news on their show.

The situation in Florida is so volatile that we don't want to be dragged into it.

Al Gore has been campaigning as his own man, speaking to the American people from his own heart and that's the way it should be. The president has a number of important activities to do for Democrats.

This is a retro-pick showing that Bush is ruled by the powerful special interests that dominate his party.

The beauty is, he's laid issues on the table. Now we can have some good debate.

The baby boomer generation is retiring and the demands on Social Security will increase exponentially this decade. Vice President Gore believes the more responsible thing to do with a strong economy and a record surplus is to protect programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

It's totally irresponsible to side with weapons manufacturers against concerned citizens in local communities. He's turned his back on our communities and stood with the gun lobby lock, stock and barrel.

The cost of his (Bradley's) proposal almost forces that kind of tax increase if we are going to make the investment also to preserve Medicare and Social Security.

Because of 24-hour cable news and online news, the campaigns are played out in real time.

He's not going to get a free ride on the issues. We're going to be taking on Bush's plans day-to-day. Bush said he's going to change tactics and talk about issues and his real plans for real people, so we are going show how our plans help real people and his help the powerful.

He actually combines a number of attributes that I think are attractive in some of our candidates, and he has the potential to cause heartburn across the field.

The idea is to time an attack press conference to spoil another press conference.