Date night
“It’s Saturday night, if you have better places to go, thank you for being here and have a good night.” Hillary Clinton plainly didn’t expect her audience to hang around in Indianola last weekend, www.washingtonpost.com , November 6th; as reported in the Economist.
Cash poor
“I only got three [dollars] in my pocket.” Multimillionaire Mitt Romney has to borrow from an aide to buy a cup of coffee, Associated Press, November 2nd
Family ties
“For the first time in a long time, the name George Bush will not appear on the ballot. The name Dick Cheney, my cousin, will not appear on the ballot. We had been trying to hide that cousin thing for a long time. Everybody’s got a black sheep in the family. A crazy uncle in the attic.” Barack Obama on his distant relative, the vice-president, CNN, November 5th
Macho man
“I think people are afraid now not to support us. I’m going to send him to their house, and he’ll knock on the door.” Mike Huckabee on his endorsement by action star Chuck Norris, US News & World Report, November 2nd
Read more here: The campaign trail: Primary color