The conventional wisdom was the campaign wasn’t going anywhere and Wendy couldn’t win. She had to shake up the campaign and change the narrative.

Former Democratic Land Commissioner and 1998 nominee for governor Garry Mauro on the staff shakeup in the Wendy Davis campaign

It’s never a good sign when less than six months away from election, you fire the head coach.

Rice University political science professor Mark Jones, suggesting Davis' switch of campaign managers signaled deeper problems inside the campaign

Americans know that liberal media bias is a major problem in our country.

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Austin, who added that "the national liberal media pushes the agenda of the administration."

It’s rare that you would see a fundraiser at a Ruby Tuesday or a Chipotle. You’ve got to spend money to raise money.

GOP fundraiser Lisa Spies on why politicians raise money at steakhouses and not under the Golden Arches

I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way.

Gov. Rick Perry, telling a group in San Francisco how he equates homosexuality to alcoholism