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Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election. -- George Will
The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base and put up a new base. -- Rush Limbaugh
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water. -- Robert Dallek
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. -- Chinua Achebe
In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one. -- Salman Khurshid
We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning. -- Chuck Todd
This is the choice in life. You choose what is less bad. I don't particularly like Mr. Obama, but I think he is less bad for the world than Mr. Romney. It is a tragedy of life that both candidates did not lose the election. They would have deserved both to lose. -- Marc Faber
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, and doomed Gore to lose the Electoral College. That odd scenario - where the candidate with the most votes loses - has happened three times in U.S. history. -- Juan Williams
Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election. -- Barbara Bush
You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections. -- Artur Davis
Imagine a government which has delivered double-digit growth rates for over seven years losing an election anywhere on earth. It is unheard of for such a phenomenon to happen. -- Meles Zenawi

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