Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984. Ed Gillespie More Quotes by Ed Gillespie More Quotes From Ed Gillespie Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans. Ed Gillespie republican texas college Politics swings like a pendulum. Ed Gillespie pendulums swings We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office. Ed Gillespie maybe-tomorrow office president I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party. Ed Gillespie party today thinking I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man. Ed Gillespie proud party men I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are. Ed Gillespie people firsts thinking If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors. Ed Gillespie states littles people When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in. Ed Gillespie volunteer campaigns morning Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party. Ed Gillespie republican party thinking When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. Ed Gillespie september-11 self moving The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes. Ed Gillespie party past years The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history. Ed Gillespie african-american home today If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term. Ed Gillespie strong leadership running So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset. Ed Gillespie strong leadership war I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate. Ed Gillespie political past years I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality. Ed Gillespie and-love mean people George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate. Ed Gillespie great-presidents candidates president And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America. Ed Gillespie president america interesting Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party. Ed Gillespie party running years I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion. Ed Gillespie passion believe people
