What Each Presidential Candidate Says About Super Tuesday 
Thursday, January 31st, 2008

With Super Tuesday just around the corner (next week!), both Republican and Democratic candidates are revving up for the day - February 5th - in which voters in 24 different states will be heading to the polls to try and bring their nominees one step closer to the 2008 Presidential Election.

Republican candidates debated last night, and Democratic candidates will be debating tonight at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Because so many states pushed their primary dates up, many commentators are dubbing this "Tsunami Tuesday" instead of "Super Tuesday," as it's usually called; 52% of Democratic delegates and 41% of Republican delegates will be attending primaries or caucuses for their state.

Here are all the candidates still in the race, in alphabetical order, and what they have to say about Super Tuesday:

Hillary Clinton	"If you will stand with me, if you...will support me on February 5th, I promise you that I will get up every single day and wage a winning campaign against whomever the Republicans nominate.  I've been up against Republicans for a very long time now. "I was thinking the other day, wouldn't it be nice if they just announced that they were embarrassed about what happened to the country and they weren't going to run for the White House again?" -Hillary Clinton's speech to Connecticut, 1/28/08
Mike Huckabee	"Our campaign is full throttle toward Super Tuesday where a number of key Southern states, and other strong conservative states, are likely to add to our delegate count, which already has us in second place in delegates before Florida." "We have a long way to go in this nominating process.  When you look at what we have done, with what we have, it's a remarkable story that is not even close to being over...I'm convinced that my optimistic message of hope and change will continue to resonate with voters as we head into Super Tuesday." -Statement from Mike Huckabee, 1/30/08
John McCain	"My friends, in one week we will have as close to a national primary as we have ever had in this country.  I intend to win it, and be the nominee of our party.  And I intend to do that by making it clear what I stand for...the principles and policies that first attracted me to the Republican Party...no matter the changing winds of political thought and popular culture." "I trust in the courage, good sense, resourcefulness and decency of the American people, who deserve a government that trusts in their qualities as well, and doesn't abrogate to itself the responsibilities to do for the people what the people can and want to do for themselves." -John McCain's speech in Florida, 1/29/08
Barack Obama	"[South Carolina voters showed] they wanted to get beyond some of the racial politics that, you know, has been so dominant in the past.  We're very encouraged as we go to the February 5th states." "What I want to do is try as much as possible to spend the remaining weeks and potentially months of the campaign talking about issues that all Democrats should be concerned about, and I think all Americans should be concerned about...My suspicion is that by the time we get a Democratic nominee, the party will be unified and it will be energized."  -Barack Obama's comments on Super Tuesday to ABC after the South Carolina primary, 1/27/08
Ron Paul	"Millions of Americans understand what ails our country, and what is needed to fix it.  So, with you at my side, I am in this effort to win...our opponents would call that nuts - you know, the advocates of more inflation, more spending, more taxes, more war." "On Super Tuesday, February 5th, there will be 22 primaries and caucuses.  I have a hunch that we're going to do very well.  But, of course, the media and the rest of the establishment refuse to recognize that.  It's the attitude of a small child who covers his eyes to make something scary go away.  But we are not going away.  While the media focuses on the couple of states they claim are important, we're competing everywhere." -Statement from Ron Paul, 1/29/08
Mitt Romney	"I think one way to have them understand as they increasingly do, that this has come down to a two-person race.  That with Mayor Giuliani out and with Mike Huckabee having done so poorly here in Florida, that the options are me or John McCain, and that will bring a lot of conservatives together, if I'm successful in that effort.  And I think in that case, there's a ceiling as to how many votes Senator McCain will get, that's the hope. "I want to take my campaign to places like California and Colorado and Georgia.  And, of course, Massachusetts and Maine and a lot of places where I have good support already and where I think the narrowing of the field, if you will, gives me a boost.  Of course, Senator McCain is going to be going to states where he thinks he has the best shot." -Mitt Romney's press release, 1/30/08

If your state's elections are coming up, check with your party or candidate's page to obtain delegate status, if it's not too late!  The PEOPLE elect the President, not the media!

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