While imperfect, the electoral college has generally served the republic well. It forces candidates to campaign in a variety of closely contested races, where political debate is typically robust. William M. Daley Read Quote
Illinois needs a real strategy for job creation that grows the economy over the long term with high-wage jobs that rebuild the middle class. William M. Daley Read Quote
The Republican establishment’s 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect. William M. Daley Read Quote
There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system. William M. Daley Read Quote
When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. William M. Daley Read Quote
Politics is all about relationships, people. A lot of it’s emotional. It’s not rocket science. William M. Daley Read Quote
It sounds good to say, ‘We’re going to do this,’ on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it’s not going to work. William M. Daley Read Quote
What comes into the Oval Office are not the good or easy decisions. The easy decisions are made elsewhere. The things that make it to the Oval are always the hard ones. William M. Daley Read Quote
It’s logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party’s nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn’t guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party. William M. Daley Read Quote
