Quotes About Politics

Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

The Republicans are coming - make nice.

A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.

The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them.

The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent.

If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.

I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it, but I'd love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly, to use the expression, 'Make America great again.'

For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition.

And I think for some - not all - but for some Democrats, the issue of immigration is better politically if they just leave it the way it is now because they can use it against Republicans.

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor.

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.