“George Washington said, "All I am, I owe to my mother." That's so true. My mom pushed me to get in politics. She pushed me to learn a bunch of languages. She pushed me and inspired me. She is the reason why I'm in politics.” SaidReasonMotherLanguageMomInspiredMy MomBunchReason Why Author:Andrea Tantaros
“White House is ranting up its rhetoric for Republicans, using wild words to attack them over the budget standoff.” HouseWhiteRepublicanBudgetsWhite HouseRhetoricStandoffs Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Can I give a little advice to the old man on Capitol Hill? Stop saying teabagger. Ask your younger staffers what it means.” MenGivingMeanLittlesAsksAdviceHillsOld ManCapitolCapitol Hill Author:Andrea Tantaros
“We're having this conflict in Syria is because [Vladimir] Putin wants to take Iranian oil and channel that oil up to Europe.” WantConflictEuropeOilSyriaPutinIranian Author:Andrea Tantaros
“The Iranians are not going to cede any kind of power. They're not going to cede any kind of control. [Hassan] Rouhani used to be the nuclear negotiator. Any YouTube saying this is our mission to become nuclear. He's not going to change his mind.” MindKindUsedMissionsNuclearUsed To BeYoutubeHassan Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Maybe Republicans should get nukes and the president [Barack Obama] will talk to them.” ShouldPresidentRepublicanBarackPresident Barack ObamaNukes Author:Andrea Tantaros
“All these stuff she's done before - the rosary, the deep thoughts, the faux British accent. It's the same thing over and over. She's be so much better if she just retired, and I like Madonna.” IfsDoneStuffBritishAccentsDeep ThoughtRetiredRosaryFaux Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I hate to say it, but she's trying to copy Miley [Cyrus] and Miley's trying to copy her. The era of Madonna is over.” TryingHateI HateErasCopiesMiley Author:Andrea Tantaros
“The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition.” IfsFansAppreciateTraditionBaseballUnbelievableYankeesBostonBaseball Fans Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Hollywood's thinking is very typical. And it's just really predictable too. And I think at Hollywood, these box office movies are flopping. I mean, there hasn't been an original thought coming out of Hollywood since the '80s.” ThinkingMeanOfficeHollywoodOriginalsBoxesComing OutTypical80sPredictableBox OfficeOriginal ThoughtFlopping Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Usually step one in a recovery is admitting that you have a problem. I think that's an important thing for the Republican Party to do.” ThinkingImportantProblemPartyStepsRepublicanImportant ThingsRecoveryRepublican PartyAdmitting Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I also think the party needs to work on a couple different fronts. There are so many fault lines within the party: conservative vs. moderate, the more fiscally minded Republicans vs. the more socially minded Republicans, the Old Guard - the sort of Newt Gingrich-Karl Rove Republican - vs. the New Guard - the Michael Steele-Sarah Palin sort of emerging sect of the party. And the party has to decide what direction it's going to go in.” ThinkingNeedsDifferentLinesPartyFrontsCoupleRepublicanFaultsConservativeModeratesEmergingSectsPalinNewts Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our issues, it can't come from a selfish place - "Give me a tax cut. Where's my tax cut." We have to get back to that "shining city on the hill."” WayNeedsGivingReasonEmotionCitiesIssuesCuttingFiguresTaxesGive MeShiningSelfishHillsGet BackTax Cuts Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think Republicans forgot how to communicate with the American people.” PeopleThinkingRepublicanCommunicate Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Republicans also have to start to look at talent recruitment. Eight years ago Barack Obama was a no-name state senator. So I think we need to look outside the Beltway and start to look at a younger, more diverse pool of people and tap them to run for office instead of continuously tapping the same type of self-funder individual that Republicans seem to go after every time.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsLooksSelfStatesSeemsRunningNamesIndividualTalentTypeRepublicanOfficeYears AgoEightBarackPoolDiverseSenatorsTappingRecruitment Author:Andrea Tantaros
“We need to tap into new issues. There's a way to resurrect the sound policies of our party, but also to look toward new issues - kitchen-table issues like the rising cost of education. I think that's a winning issue for Republicans.” ThinkingWayNeedsLooksWinningSoundPartyIssuesPolicyRepublicanCostTablesKitchenRisingKitchen TableCost Of Education Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Medical malpractice - that's a great issue for Republicans and you didn't hear anyone talk about it.” IssuesRepublicanMedicalMalpractice Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think the liberals are going to try to blame - and they already are - this entire mess on the right and on President [George W.] Bush. I think Republicans dropped the ball on actually articulating why we got into this economic mess, but it's not too late.” ThinkingTryingPresidentEconomicRepublicanLateBallsBlameMessToo LatePresident George W BushArticulating Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think a New Guard-type of Republican - Eric Cantor is a rising star in the party.” ThinkingStarsPartyTypeRepublicanRisingEric Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Play small ball. Get back to basics. I would say that you need to be a conservative, but you need to maintain your independent streak.” NeedsPlayBallsIndependentConservativeGet BackBasicsStreaksBack To Basics Author:Andrea Tantaros
“You also need to show a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to impropriety. That's one of the things, again, that Republicans left on the table as a missed opportunity.” NeedsShowsOpportunityLeftPolicyRepublicanTablesToleranceZeroMissed OpportunityZero Tolerance Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Republicans and conservatives have to figure out that Democrats have plenty of rope to hang themselves on their own. But you have to give voters a reason to vote for you as well.” GivingWellsReasonFiguresRepublicanVoteDemocratPlentyVotersRope Author:Andrea Tantaros
“We focused so much on saying, "Don't vote for them and here's why" and we didn't tell the American people "Vote for us and here's why."” PeopleVoteFocused Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I'm OK with guns in schools, if it's a security, trained security personnel. But every teacher having a gun, I don't know if I can jump up and down on that one and fully get behind it.” SchoolTeacherSecurityGun Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I would prefer the teacher to focus on teaching and have a security officer worry about keeping the kids safe.” KidsWorryFocusTeacherTeachingSecurity Author:Andrea Tantaros
