Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then it's like watching preseason football.

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world so too do politics here in Britain.

Well you know what I'm 60 years old and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out do not vote or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

The United States brags about its political system but the President says one thing during the election something else when he takes office something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.