"My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
John McCain on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."
John McCain on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."
John McCain on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in >>Details
"For four days in Denver, the Democrats were afraid to use the words 'Islamic terrorism.'"
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention. >>Details
Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention >>Details
"That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said, quote, 'I can’t stand John McCain.' "
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention >>Details
Obama is the Senate's "most liberal."
John McCain on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
John McCain on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a campaign news release. >>Details
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes."
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."
Rudy Giuliani on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "
Fred Thompson on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention >>Details
Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in an interview on CNBC >>Details
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."
Lindsey Graham on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' This Week >>Details
When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer.
John McCain on Saturday, August 30th, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. >>Details
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
John McCain on Saturday, August 30th, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. >>Details
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"
John McCain on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden oppose new drilling at home and oppose nuclear power."
Republican National Committee on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in a statement on the RNC Web site >>Details
"We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears."
John McCain on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in Orange County, Calif. >>Details
Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent.
John McCain on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 in a radio ad called "Millions" >>Details
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
John McCain on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif. >>Details
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
John McCain on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 in a town hall in Aspen, Colo. >>Details
On Obama, “The press warns the ‘Taxman Cometh.’”
John McCain on Friday, August 15th, 2008 in >>Details
Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family."
John McCain on Friday, August 8th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
John McCain on Monday, August 11th, 2008 in an Internet ad >>Details
"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge."
John McCain on Monday, August 11th, 2008 in a speech in Las Vegas >>Details
"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000."
John McCain on Friday, August 8th, 2008 in in a television ad. >>Details
Barack Obama promises higher taxes on "the sale of your home."
John McCain on Friday, August 8th, 2008 in in a radio ad. >>Details
Spending increases, not tax cuts, are the major cause of the federal budget deficit.
John McCain on Monday, July 28th, 2008 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live >>Details
Obama "says he'll raise taxes on electricity."
John McCain on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Barack Obama "is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate."
John McCain on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 in an interview with the Kansas City Star >>Details
"He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras."
John McCain on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, offshore drilling "did not cause any real difficulties."
John McCain on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 in Albuquerque, N.M. >>Details
"We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world."
John McCain on Monday, July 21st, 2008 in a speech in South Portland, Maine >>Details
Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft."
Republican National Committee on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a radio ad >>Details
Obama "voted against funding our troops."
John McCain on Friday, July 18th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
"Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan."
John McCain on Friday, July 18th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Obama "hasn't been to Iraq in years."
John McCain on Friday, July 18th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
John McCain on Monday, July 21st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
John McCain on Monday, July 14th, 2008 in a speech in San Diego >>Details
"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Denver >>Details
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"I investigated Abramoff and people ended up in jail."
John McCain on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
John McCain on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds >>Details
"Barack Obama said he would debate 'anywhere, anytime' but has rejected joint town hall meetings."
John McCain on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
John McCain on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico >>Details
Barack Obama has "reversed" on his commitment "to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately."
John McCain on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 in in an e-mail message from campaign spokesman Brian Rogers. >>Details
"If you have an investment for your child’s education or own a mutual fund or a stock in a retirement plan, (Obama) is going to raise your taxes."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in Denver, Co. >>Details
"Throughout his time in elected office, Barack Obama has taken multiple positions on banning handguns and the D.C. handgun ban."
John McCain on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in >>Details
"The Iranians continue – in the view of every objective observer – continue to pursue the acquisition of nuclear weapons."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 in a telephone appearance with Florida voters >>Details
Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis.
Republican National Committee on Sunday, July 6th, 2008 in a TV ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader >>Details
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn’t blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
John McCain on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in a virtual town hall meeting >>Details
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Houston, Texas >>Details
Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a speech on energy in Houston >>Details
"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" >>Details
“Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon.”
Republican National Committee on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Did Obama know that Tony Rezko was saving him $300,000 on the purchase of his home?"
Republican National Committee on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.
Republican National Committee on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 in in a news release >>Details
"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a speech in New Orleans >>Details
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. >>Details
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details
Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class."
Republican National Committee on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we’ve never had an accident."
John McCain on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
John McCain on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."
Republican Party of Florida on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in an e-mail. >>Details
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a campaign e-mail >>Details
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."
John McCain on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 in Greensdale, Wis. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
John McCain on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."
John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details
Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.
John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details
"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."
John McCain on Monday, May 12th, 2008 in a statement by a spokesman >>Details
“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).”
John McCain on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in North Bend, Wash. >>Details
Says Obama called Israel "a constant sore" that infects U.S. foreign policy.
John Boehner on Monday, May 12th, 2008 in a news release. >>Details
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
John McCain on Friday, April 25th, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark. >>Details
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
John McCain on Monday, April 28th, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children’s hospital >>Details
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in a television interview. >>Details
McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
John McCain on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel. >>Details
Rev. Wright said "that al-Qaida and the American flag were the same flags."
John McCain on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 in Coral Gables, Fla. >>Details
The Rev. Wright compared "the United States Marine Corps with Roman legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior."
John McCain on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 in Coral Gables, Fla. >>Details
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in an interview on "This Week." >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
Republican National Committee on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in a Web video. >>Details
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
John McCain on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 in campaign event in Westport, Conn. >>Details
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
John McCain on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y. >>Details
Democrats’ budget resolution would raise America’s tax bill by "$500-billion."
John McCain on Monday, April 7th, 2008 in a poll on McCain's Web site >>Details
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."
John McCain on Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 in interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” >>Details
The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."
John McCain on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a news conference in Israel >>Details
It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
John McCain on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 in Amman, Jordan >>Details
"You don’t even have to go outside Obama’s campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."
Tennessee Republican Party on Monday, February 25th, 2008 in in a press release >>Details
"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."
Tennessee Republican Party on Monday, February 25th, 2008 in a news release >>Details
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a news conference in Columbus, Ohio >>Details
"Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending."
Republican National Committee on Friday, February 29th, 2008 in a graphic on the RNC website. >>Details
Obama "suggested bombing Pakistan."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a media availability in Columbus, Ohio. >>Details
RNC version of a Hillary Clinton valentine: "Roses are red, violets are blue, I’ll raise your taxes and there is nothing you can do."
Republican National Committee on Monday, February 11th, 2008 in an RNC Web site feature where you can send a GOP valentine from your favorite Democrat >>Details
John McCain "said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president."
James Dobson on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 in a statement read on the Laura Ingraham Show >>Details
Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."
George W. Bush on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 in Camp David >>Details
"I'm the only Republican who has gotten endorsements in this presidential race from major labor unions..."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland >>Details
"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper . . . and we would fry squirrel."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
John McCain on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 in an interview on "Face the Nation" >>Details
John McCain has said the economy is "not his strong suit."
Mitt Romney on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"In her short time in the United States Senate, the senator from New York, Senator Clinton, got $500-million worth of pork barrel projects."
John McCain on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 in a campaign event in Fairfield, Conn. >>Details
John McCain "voted against the Bush tax cuts, both times."
Citizens United Political Victory Fund on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in in a TV ad >>Details
"(John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry."
Citizens United Political Victory Fund on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
John McCain on Saturday, January 26th, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla. >>Details
"He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an automated call to voters >>Details
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla. >>Details
"Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mitt Romney on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla. >>Details
Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy."
Rudy Giuliani on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla. >>Details
"Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in Boca Raton. >>Details
"I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector."
Mitt Romney on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola. >>Details
Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
Rudy Giuliani on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in Boca Raton. >>Details
"The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent."
Rudy Giuliani on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 in >>Details
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. >>Details
"He reformed welfare before others tried."
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"And he’s the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined."
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
John McCain on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich. >>Details
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
Mitt Romney on Monday, January 14th, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS. >>Details
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
John McCain on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"The fact is it’s not amnesty."
John McCain on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."
John McCain on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan >>Details
"Mike Huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers!"
Spike the Romney Attack Dog on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a mailer from the Romney campaign to Iowans >>Details
Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I supported the surge when you didn't."
Mike Huckabee on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Bill Clinton cut the military drastically."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 in a press release >>Details
"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
Ron Paul on Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 in a Meet the Press interview >>Details
"...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC. >>Details
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."
Mitt Romney on Friday, December 28th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."
Mitt Romney on Sunday, December 16th, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview >>Details
"He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
Fred Thompson on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview. >>Details
"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 in College Station, Texas >>Details
Former business partner Robert Gay says: “The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney.”
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details
Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
Mitt Romney on Monday, December 17th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa. >>Details
Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa >>Details
"I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
"It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education."
Ron Paul on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
John McCain on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg >>Details
"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers."
Duncan Hunter on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 in a Fox News interview >>Details
"We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
Fred Thompson on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
Mitt Romney on Monday, December 10th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Detroit >>Details
"He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe" >>Details
"This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe" >>Details
"The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a Washington Post interview. >>Details
Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
Mitt Romney on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
John McCain on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in Interview on Fox News >>Details
MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 in interview on Fox News >>Details
The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series.
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 in Fox News interview >>Details
"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
John McCain on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
Ron Paul on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
Romney failed to take action against "sanctuary cities" in Massachusetts.
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday >>Details
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
Fred Thompson on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in >>Details
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
Fred Thompson on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in a press release >>Details