“Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.” PeopleActionFacesCoursesAttentionResponsibilityRepublicanCreditHopefullyAttention SpanOversightPrincipledShort Attention Spans Author:Barbara Olson
“Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected.” IfsActionHumanityPresidentRepublicanCrisisThreatClimateClimate ChangeDivisionRivalsRomney Author:Ron Fournier
“American Action Network should be spending their money to try and get those Democrats to change the votes, not beating up on Republicans in the House.” ShouldTryingActionHouseChangeRepublicanVoteDemocratSpending Author:Mick Mulvaney
“They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.” ShowsActionCrazyMilitaryRepublicanWeaknessAssumingAvoidingMilitary Action Author:Kevin Drum
“The American people overwhelmingly want our troops out of Iraq. They want the federal government to take real and immediate action to combat global warming and to significantly expand support for stem cell research. Democrats almost unanimously support the people's wishes onthese crucial issues. Republicans don't.” PeopleWantRealGovernmentActionWishSupportIssuesRepublicanResearchDemocratIraqCellsGlobal WarmingCombatCrucialTroopsStemFederal GovernmentOur TroopsStem CellStem Cell ResearchImmediate Action Author:Al Gore
“A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs of the nation. It requires that citizens invest in a similar moral code. It insists on a mutual ethical system abided by all. It must engender a single language whereby all citizens can discuss, debate, come to resolution and initiate mutual beneficial action for their society.” ThinkingGovernmentActionFormLanguageNationsMoralFourCitizensRepublicanDemandStandardsAffairPopulationCriticalDebateEducatedCodeMutualResolutionEthicalManifestBeneficialCritical ThinkingForms Of GovernmentInitiateMoral Code Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“I'm pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-environment and pro-labor. I was either going to be the loneliest Republican in America or I was going to be a happy Democrat.” ActionAmericaChoicesEnvironmentRepublicanLaborDemocratAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Wesley Clark
“The only reason the president insists on raising [tax] rates is because he knows it will destroy Republican unity, it will cause a complete fracture of the Republican majority in the house, it will hand him a Congress that he can then manipulate for the next two years at least because the Republicans will be neutered. ... This is entirely a political action, a way to get a surrender from the Republicans.” KnowsWayYearsTwoReasonHandsActionPoliticalNextHouseCausesPresidentRepublicanTaxesMajorityUnityRateCongressSurrenderTwo YearsManipulatePolitical ActionFractureRaising Taxes Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Remember the vast majority of the Democrats as well as all the Republicans in the House of Representatives in Louisiana voted for my signature-piece of legislation in the house which was a bill, actually a bill for true civil rights. That there must be no discrimination against anyone on the basis of race in affirmative-action.” WellsActionRememberHouseRacePiecesRightsRepublicanBasesBillsMajorityDemocratDiscriminationCivil RightsRepresentativesLegislationSignaturesLouisianaAffirmative ActionAffirmativeHouse Of Representatives Author:David Duke
“I think this is exactly where the action is, is in the middle. I have seen it when I was governor of the state of California. I have seen it firsthand, that the only way we brought Democrats and Republicans together, we could really solve very important issues. I remember that's how we really started rebuilding California and invested $60 billion in infrastructure.” ThinkingWayImportantStatesActionTogetherRememberIssuesMiddleRepublicanDemocratSolveBillionsCaliforniaGovernorsInfrastructureRebuildingImportant Issues Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Steve Bannon went to the Conservative Political Action Conference and he said that there was a very important historical turning point, getting rid of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. And the Republican Party has stood for that for as long as I have been alive.” LongHas BeensSaidImportantActionPoliticalPartyAliveRepublicanHistoricalConservativePartnershipRepublican PartyConferencesTransPacificTurning PointsPolitical ActionConservative Political Author:Mark Shields
“The real action in Washington now is actually going to be on the - from the center to the center-right to the right. Part that's going to be interesting is going to be how [Donald] Trump and the Republicans, frankly, navigate this new climate.” RealActionInterestingTrumpRepublicanClimateNavigate Author:Margaret Hoover
“The Republicans are committed to global warming as a hoax, or irrelevant, or as not a problem. That is their belief. I'm not going to put them in jail. All I can do is talk and encourage good climate actions and demonstrate our economy has benefited here [in California].” I CanProblemActionBeliefCan DoEconomyRepublicanClimateCommittedCaliforniaGlobal WarmingJailIrrelevantHoaxesClimate Action Author:Jerry Brown