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At the next General Election, voters face a clear choice: deregulation and less interference in everyday life with the Conservatives, or yet more regulation and interference under Mr Blair. -- John Redwood
I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the votes that were cast by the people of Wales, in the General Election, in the expectation that we would deliver this promise. -- Ron Davies
We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all pave the way for a General Election to elect a Labour Government. -- Arthur Scargill
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That 1983 general election contained the telltale seeds of eventual Scottish Tory self-destruction. -- Charles Kennedy
Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high. -- Ken Livingstone
The general election is not an organizational exercise - it's a mass media exercise. -- Roger Stone
I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election. -- Pat Robertson
It does no good to be a conservative if you can't sell a conservative message in a general election. -- Alan Wilson
I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. -- Brian Lamb
History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor indicators of broader trends or future general election outcomes. -- Pete Sessions
I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up. -- Lucy Powell
Newspapers can make their own judgment in terms of who they support in a general election. Our responsibility is to make a considered judgment about where the national interest lies. -- Douglas Alexander
The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was. -- Jon Meacham
How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me. -- Paul Weyrich
And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that. -- Clare Short
I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing that as far back as 2007 when it changed the result of the Kenyan general election. -- Julian Assange
There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president. -- Mark McKinnon
I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in Hutton along Long Ridings and feeling what a relief to live in a country with a Tory government again. -- Philip Hammond
Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. -- James Dobson
Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination. -- Dick Morris
Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He did it, in spite of a flat pledge to the contrary, because his campaign saw that it could vastly outspend John McCain. -- Jeff Greenfield
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections. -- Arthur Capper
As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract attention away from this administration's dismal record. The attack they have launched against Mitt Romney shows just how worried they are about facing him in the general election. -- Jeb Bradley
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. -- John Major
We have got this Damocles' sword of Standard and Poor's hanging over us, with the commitment they have made to review Britain's credit rating in the summer of 2010 after the general election. Everybody in Britain has a vital interest in ensuring that the triple A credit rating agency is maintained. -- Philip Hammond
You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus. -- Allen West
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me. -- Ed Koch
The 2014 election was not a repudiation of government in general. -- Chuck Schumer
I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election -- Tony Blair
We've got to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election. -- Jeb Bush
President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election. -- David Brooks
The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress. -- James Madison
If the primary ends up being a hard hitting, bloody battle, well so be it. Let's get ready for the general election -- Steve Lonegan
If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum. -- Tony Blair
The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years. -- David Letterman
This is my first week as an American citizen. It's amazing. Now I can vote in the general election - and for American Idol. -- Craig Ferguson
If you look at polls, Hillary Clinton is considered the toughest in a field of men. That`s no small victory for her going towards a general election. -- Joe Conason
That could be the issue that the party - that the party faces as we get ready to potentially nominate someone who`s utterly unelectable in a general election contest. -- Steve Schmidt
I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election. -- Edward Heath
I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected. -- Jeremy Paxman
You know, winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification, or a sign, of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win, because every nominee wins Democratic primaries. -- Mark Penn
I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again. -- Tony Blair
In Italy, above all in view of the next general election, political parties, movements and new politicians continue to proliferate, naturally all inspired by the logic of the most severe, rigorous and atavistic stupidity. -- William C. Brown

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