“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a soundcurrency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.” IfsPoliticalSufferingResultsPartyBuildingVictoryRepublicanSouthDefeatAdministrationReformEtcExecutivesPolitical PartiesPublic LifeLegislatureBuilding UpGreat VictoryCivil Service Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.” KnowsWayTryingDoeHandsPartyVictoryRepublicanHappeningsElectionDemocratDefeatRepublican Party Author:Benjamin Carson
“[Bill] Clinton was able to defeat conservatives, Republicans, at every turn. And so he was given wide latitude, leeway. He could do whatever he wanted and not be condemned for it. But young people today are not prone to rewarding that kind of behavior.” PeopleKindTodayAbleWantedYoungTurnsGivenRepublicanBehaviorBillsClintonDefeatWideLatitude Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now we have Republicans - to one degree or another - working as hard as the Democrats are to defeat Donald Trump.” HardTrumpRepublicanDegreesDemocratDefeat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republican Party does not want to defeat Democrats.” WantDoePartyRepublicanDemocratDefeatRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Top Democrats laying down their markers for how they'll work with President [Donald] Trump, but who will take on the job of rebuilding the Democratic Party after Tuesday's crushing defeat put Republicans in control of the White House and congress.” JobsHousePresidentWhitePartyTrumpRepublicanDemocraticDemocratDefeatCongressCrushWhite HouseDemocratic PartyTuesdayRebuildingMarkersLaying Down Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat.” KnowsWellsLosesKnow HowRepublicanDefeat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were not ideological enough.” IfsTwoEnoughLosesAnswersRepublicanElectionDefeatConservativeCandidatesRomneyIdeologicalMccainMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“The left can't accept rejection, they can't accept defeat, and they're gonna spend the next four years [2017-2020] telling themselves they didn't lose, that Trump is illegitimate, and they're gonna have the media just dumping all over the Republicans each and every day, and who knows what role Obama's gonna play in that, but he will be playing one.” KnowsYearsPlayNextLeftLosesAcceptingRolesFourMediaTrumpRepublicanDefeatRejectionFour Years Author:Rush Limbaugh