Quotes About Partisanship

There is no merit in our political parties.

People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.

You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically.

Unfortunately, our country has become so politically polarized that one side routinely attempts to destroy and discredit the other.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

Everything in politics is politically motivated, didn't you know?

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

There are a lot of politicians who are just obstructionists.

People want politicians to address the big issues and if they can do it across the divide of parties then so be it.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.

I came into politics to fight lefties... That's where political fighting goes.

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

As a Democrat, I would just hate to be in a position of only being able to accomplish what Mitch McConnell allows us to.

I have no doubt that Glenn Kessler is a nice guy, but the job of 'fact' 'checking' the Washington Post's ally Joe Biden will not rest with anyone so politically biased in his favor. It just won't.

Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. These challenges affect us all. They make Michigan a harder place to get ahead. A harder place to raise a family. A harder place to run a business.

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

If there is true evil in the world - it is Republican conservatives.

The Democrats always scream 'racism' at a Republican contender in any field across the country.

Growing up a career cop, I was always taught, 'Stay out of politics.' I didn't have any particular allegiance to any particular party.