State governors have learned there is no downside to asking. Having the president turn down your request isn't going to cost you any votes. But failing to ask for assistance can cost votes and bad publicity.
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Related This is a red state, he came in on Election Eve and he had no discernible effect. If anything, he ma... LARRY SABATO Do you think Gore is entitled to any votes? Do you think Bush is entitled -- am I entitled to any vo... RALPH NADER Companies have to ask themselves, 'Am I willing to bet the cost of energy is going to go down?' That... ANDREW FANARA the only way to avoid having a cloud over the next president is to count all the votes AL GORE There is an election going on all the time... the Lord votes for you and Satan votes against you, an... SOURCE UNKNOWN Congress votes for things the military doesn't want, and planes and other weaponry that cost a l... BOB BECKEL I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to w... BLAKE FARENTHOLD Let’s continue to pray for each other and ask the Lord to bring us closer to each other. He (God) ... CORAZON AQUINO The state is basically indicating we're probably not going to be able to meet that threshold to ask ... GARY VICKERS The cost of software is going down rapidly, the cost of producing intellectual property is going dow... BYRON SEBASTIAN Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,
And ask no questions but the price of votes. SAMUEL JOHNSON The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things th... DANA PERINO I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for... IMELDA MAY The theoretical low-cost supply chain doesn't actually, in reality, turn out to be the lowest-cost s... BETH ENSLOW Count the cost of everything. Rather than asking someone, "How much does this cost?" Ask yourse... DEBORAH BRODIE I can't see where there is anywhere left to move. If you don't have a recount it's hard ... ROBERT TORRICELLI The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO There aren't a lot of votes to be gained by overseeing a disaster relief that is handled the way it ... DAN SCHNUR NO” is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer som... SHARON E. RAINEY They're going to have to reach out or they're going to lose votes. RALPH NADER how much does it cost now for a mock space travel in the planetarium? That will b the future cost of... APURVA GAGLANI Any time you're the conference champion, you get probably more votes for your players. As it should ... BEN HOWLAND Mr. President, read our lips. Our votes are not for sale. AL SHARPTON It's like any proxy fight -- the first thing you try to decide is who votes. DAVID POLLOCK I'm telling you, the votes are there in the Unites States Senate, ... This is not a question of whet... RON WYDEN Turn up to a Growth Mindset or you may find your request for promotions turned down. KEISHA KIRKPATRICK I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him ... PAT SAJAK There's a tradition in politics of asking young people for their votes and time without asking peopl... JOSH GREEN There is discrimination between Arab and Jew in everything but your votes, you will be shooting your... AHMED TIBI As long as there aren't any tie votes, it's acceptable to leave that seat open, ... It appears to be... ALAN PETERSON PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA There will be an incremental increase to the cost of meal plans. But not any larger than past increa... DAVE FURHMAN [But he pledged to bring the issue to a vote.] I don't know that we'll have the votes on the day we ... ROY BLUNT No lesson learned at no cost. TOBA BETA Ours is a fixed cost for another three years and we are not going to have the revenue to offset that... RICHARD LANGFORD The votes don't seem to be there. BRIAN HANNA Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes. ROBERT A. DAHL You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. J.D. SALINGER Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreationa... P. J. O'ROURKE This issue has been used like a political football to gain votes or publicity while none of their de... NITYANAND JAYARAMAN We're pretty confident this year. If everybody shoots in the 70s (the Governors can qualify for the ... GREG GILES I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today. JAMES CALLAGHAN It's our intent to create some Republican votes for this. It is time for the majority in Congress to... BRAD WOODHOUSE There certainly wouldn't be any votes cast accidentally for Pat Buchanan on our system. JIM ADLER It needs to hit some home runs. You can cost-cut your way to profitability in the near-term, but you... DAVID KUDLA I understand that it might be upsetting to lose the election by a handful of votes, but it seems imp... VITTORIO FELTRI On Election Day there is a well-oiled machine that knows how to turn those votes out from specific n... ELLIOTT STONECIPHER He's popular, but he's a Republican representing a Blue State. People are going to have to decide if... DARRELL WEST War is no solution to peace. BEN OAK When you're down and out, there's no meaner place to live than Hollywood. You can get away w... DOMINICK DUNNE This is a very prudent, pragmatic and cost effective request according to the long-term view. RAYMOND BROWN I would imagine we have 55 or 56 votes to repeal it, but it's not going to get done, CHARLES GRASSLEY I have no idea how much it's going to cost, but it's getting done. WARDEN RAMON RUSTIN They have collected protest votes, and the votes of people who normally don't vote. UWE ANDERSEN All Florida votes are equal, your honor, and no vote is more equal than another. FRANK MYERS On a good night, I can get in 300 to 500 votes for any particular contestant depending on busy signa... DAVE DELLA TERZA You take a request down - literally, you take a request to the Finance Office. If the Pay Officer re... JANIS KARPINSKI Compassion for all living things is the only thing you can freely give without any cost to yourself. MICHAEL DE CHâTILLON If the Charter is interpreted that it takes five votes to annually adjust the City Manager's compens... JOHN HUBBARD The bottom line, it's going to come down to cost. GREG ORTALE Justice Thomas, my old boss, got 52 votes. Justice (Antonin) Scalia got 98 votes, ... But Justice Th... WENDY LONG One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that... MIKE HUCKABEE There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. BRENDAN F. BEHAN There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. BRENDAN BEHAN The key requirement is that any plan that passes this commission has to pass by ten votes, so you're... BEN WILCOX There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Colum... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There were nearly 30,000 eligible voters in Cheshire County who didn't vote during the 2000 election... RUDY PERKINS No one knows what the cost of gas or coal is going to be in the future. But once past the capital co... LARRY FLOWERS What I am asking is that the court use its power so that the votes of all the people of Florida that... DAVID BOIES At least for your political supporters and your political junkies out there, you're getting to them ... BOB LOEVY As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it? WILLIAM MARCY TWEED As long as I count the votes, what are YOU going to do about it? WILLIAM TWEED The first question is (having) enough votes to win defeat. It's also important that the filibuster r... MARCIA GREENBERGER She doesn't have to do a lot of grip and grins around the country. Calling people and asking for sup... ANNE DUNSMORE There's very, very little that this state legislature does that can't wait a couple of days. I don't... BARRY KAUFFMAN There is no way we can cover the cost on our own. The grant money has disappeared. It's all going to... DOROTHY KELLY Everyone here has a very open mind. There were three people who put down a swimming pool, but it got... JEFF KNIGHT Whether you are from Minnesota, Wisconsin or any other Northern tier state, you are not going to lik... DAVE OBEY There are two components that go into a bill -- the gas cost rate and the base rate. This request is... JAY DAWSON This is not the easiest bill to deal with and get votes for, BILL YOUNG I've learned that to survive, you need a positive state of mind. THALIA The farther you can get votes away from the polling place, the easier it is to manipulate them. TRACY CAMPBELL In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get ... BERT LANCE If Island Heights votes to join us in the study, it will join us in the potential tax savings. If th... DAVID MEYER The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK If you liked Mick Mulvaney's votes, you'll like my votes. RALPH NORMAN There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket. WILL ROGERS Trees are falling, ... There is no real timber value. So, the city is going to have to go in and cut... JEFF HARDIN The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole o... G.K. CHESTERTON It all came down to cost. I'd like to do more research on it, especially with regard to how much it ... LYNETTE PANTELLO You can't go around telling people that you stand for peace when you have hatred and anger inside yo... MICHAEL BERG
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