It gives us a symbol of credibility that they had not really given us. It pushed us up a notch in a lot of people's thinking.

For decades, cigarettes were marketed as symbol of virility, as in the macho Marlboro Man ads.

He can't outspend us, he doesn't have a grass-roots network like ours, and he's got no credibility on the issues. So how does that make him a front-runner?

The vice president and this administration have a credibility problem, ... Rather than giving our troops a plan to move forward in Iraq and changing their failed course, they continue to ignore the facts and lash out at those who raise legitimate questions about how the administration misused intelligence in its rush to war.

There is absolutely no reason this should be a poor country. Ellen has contacts and enormous credibility in the international community. She can make things happen.

He has that credibility, having won all those years in San Francisco. He demands focus, holds us all accountable. The guy sees everything on the field.