Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
Edward Walter "Ed" Gillespieis an American Republican political strategist who served as the 61st Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Counselor to the President in the George W. Bush administration. Gillespie, along with Democrat Jack Quinn, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm. Gillespie is also the founder of Ed Gillespie Strategies, a strategic consulting firm that provides high-level advice to companies and CEOs, coalitions, and trade associations. In January 2014, Gillespie announced he was running for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 August 1961
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know that it has to be a judge. I don't think we should abandon the principle that we could put somebody on the bench from off a lower court.
At the end of the day, the fact is that most voters appreciate the president's strong and principled leadership, and they share his views on critical issues involving our national security, creation of jobs and who shares their values,
We're preparing for a very close contest. We expect something to be more like 2000 than 1984 or 1972, ... This Week.
Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.
I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.
I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.
If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.
We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in.