“Hillary [Clinton] wins and the Republicans are gonna quickly be irrelevant. She's gonna get her Supreme Court nominee. She's gonna open the borders. The country is going to be flooded with unregistered Democrat voters, that are gonna end up voting anyway, to go along with the dead who vote.” EndsCountryWinningRepublicanVoteCourtClintonDemocratSupremeBordersVotingVotersSupreme CourtIrrelevant Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This is why I don't understand Democrats worried about turnout. They get the dead out every year. I mean, what's the problem? But if [Hillary Clinton] wins this, it isn't gonna mean anything to be a Republican.” IfsYearsMeanProblemWinningRepublicanClintonDemocratWorried Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.” NeedsShouldCountryHelpingEnergyGrowsEconomyTalentRepublicanSkillsAmbitionCommitmentDemocratOur CountryReachingReach Out Author:Hillary Clinton
“People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.” PeopleTogetherHateRepublicanDemocratRejectsDivisionComing Together Author:Hillary Clinton
“As a Republican, I have listened to Democrats talk about the only two times we won the White House in like 200 years that we stole both elections. I had to sit through Fahrenheit 9/11 and a lady was sobbing violently behind me about the election being stolen by George Bush and I patted her half way through and said, 'it's alright, it's alright. It's all a lie anyway.' Democrats have been whining for 16 years, they're still writing articles about how Bush stole the election in 2004 and 2000.” WayWritingYearsHas BeensSaidStillsTwoLyingHouseWhiteBehindsHalfRepublicanElectionDemocratWhite HouseArticlesStolenAlrightWhiningSobbingHalf Way Author:Joe Scarborough
“The Cook Political Report now predicting senate democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats, which would give them the majority. Pointing out the history shows that races in the Toss Up column never split down the middle, one party tends to win the lion`s share of them. With two weeks to Election Day, there`s not enough time for republicans to recover toss-up seats in states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading, considering this, early voting is under way, and [Donald]Trump won`t be any help especially since his campaign doesn`t really have a ground game to speak of.” WayGivingTwoStatesEnoughHelpingShowsPoliticalGamesWinningSpeakPartyRaceFiveWeekShareMiddleTrumpRepublicanPicksElectionMajorityClintonDemocratSevenCampaignsCooksSeatsReportsVotingLionsSenateSplitsConsideringPointingTwo WeeksColumnsEnough TimeTossPredictingElection DayNot Enough Time Author:Chris Hayes
“[Donald] Trump`s campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1,409 staffers in 16 states. So, nearly for the one, democratic advantage in human resources, the big question now is, how well does that turn out machinery work for democrats for Election Day?” HumansWellsDoeStatesBigsTurnsPartyTrumpRepublicanResourcesAdvantageElectionDemocraticDemocratCampaignsCommitteesMachineryHuman ResourcesElection DayBig Questions Author:Chris Hayes
“In the words of Alice Walker, the biggest way people give up power is by not knowing we have it to start with. We have it: just to look at the power of fighting student debt or 25 million Latinos who learned that the Republicans are the party that hate and fear but Democrats are the party of people deportation and detention.” PeopleWayGivingLooksHateFightingPartyMillionsKnowingStudentsRepublicanGiving UpDemocratDebtNot KnowingLatinoWalkersDetentionDeportationHate And Fear Author:Jill Stein
“We've got a big happy, one corporate family now uniting the corporate Democrats and the corporate Republicans.” BigsRepublicanDemocratCorporateUniting Author:Jill Stein
“American democracy is really under attack here [Clinton campaign that was hacked]. And the question is how are we and in particular and how are Democrats going to respond to this. We have to understand this is really, really quite extraordinary. And it would seem to me that the FBI shouldn't be getting rolled by the House Republicans and that's what happened here.” SeemsHouseDemocracyHappenedParticularRepublicanClintonDemocratExtraordinaryCampaignsFbiAmerican DemocracyHacked Author:James Carville
“Whatever is going on wrong in America today, you cannot pin it on Donald Trump. He's not been there. He has not one fingerprint. He hasn't done one thing regarding anything policy-wise that's happening in the country today, and I think this is why his candidacy is so shocking and frightening to both establishment and Republican Democrats.” ThinkingCountryDoneTodayAmericaWiseOne ThingPolicyTrumpRepublicanHappeningsDemocratEstablishmentFrighteningShockingPinsFingerprintsAmerica TodayCandidacy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans has been more upscale.” PeopleHas BeensEndsEconomicRepublicanMessagesDemocratCornerstones Author:Mark Shields
“[James] Comey's got a good background but there's nothing there, so far as it appears. Nothing there. So he wrote the letter to the eight Republican committee members copied to the Democrats saying 'you know some emails have turned up, we've looked at a lot of emails now it turns out there are even more emails - we don't know what's there, so there's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that could be of interest to anyone until we conduct our multi-week, multi-month investigation.” KnowsTurnsInterestWeekMonthsRepublicanMembersEvidenceLettersDemocratEightBackgroundsInvestigationCommitteesEmail Author:William Weld
“The Republicans are mad at Donald Trump, and the Democrats are mad at Hillary Clinton. And the Bernie Sanders people are mad at everybody. When has that ever happened?” PeopleHappenedTrumpRepublicanMadClintonDemocrat Author:Frank Luntz
“I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.” KnowsMeanDoeGovernmentPresidentPolicyRepublicanAgreeDemocratBarackPresident Barack ObamaI Like Him Author:Jamie Dimon
“Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .” WantGivingSidesPresidentStreetsWallRepublicanDemocrat Author:Jamie Dimon
“We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.” PeopleReasonRepublicanDemocrat Author:Jamie Dimon
“I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.” PeopleThinkingStillsReasonValuesSocialRepublicanDemocratDisagreeStanceSocial Values Author:Jamie Dimon
“On infrastructure, there's a potential for Donald Trump to reach out to Democrats. He's talking about infrastructure spending far in excess of what any Republicans would have considered under a Democratic president.” PresidentTalkingTrumpRepublicanDemocraticDemocratSpendingExcessReach OutInfrastructure Author:George Stephanopoulos
“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
“If the Republican Party continues to have a different message for every different group, they're gonna die. We already have a party that does that, and they own it. It's called the Democrat Party.” IfsDoeDifferentDiesPartyGroupsRepublicanMessagesDemocratRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The true danger is the expansion of empire and the huge diversion of public budgets overseas at the neglect of domestic necessities, including, for example, a major public works program to employ millions of people. The Democrats want that. The Republicans may be pressured from back home to want it, but it hasn't happened yet under the Obama administration.” PeopleWantMayHomeMillionsHappenedDangerExampleHugeRepublicanMajorsProgramDemocratIncludingAdministrationBudgetsEmpiresNeglectExpansionBack HomeDiversionPressured Author:Ralph Nader
“As much as politicians, any politicians, Democrat or Republican, are saying they're trying to help the schools, it's hard because our country is in debt. I would like to do something for the inner-city schools because that's our future, and education is very important in helping our country continue to progress and not regress.” TryingImportantCountryHardHelpingSchoolCitiesProgressPoliticianRepublicanDemocratDebtOur CountryOur FutureInner CityInner City Schools Author:Ansel Elgort
“Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions` nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a prosecutor in Alabama, he called the NAACP Un-American.” RepublicanDemocratRejectsSessionNominationsAlabamaProsecutorNaacp Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That`s why Jeff Sessions couldn`t get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed by Democrats and Republicans.” ProcessBlackBoysRepublicanDemocratLawyerSenateSessionConfirmation Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“What the media is doing is, again, just going after the Democrats and the Republicans and making it about politics instead of principles.” PrinciplesMediaRepublicanDemocrat Author:Glenn Beck
“If Hillary Clinton were prosecuted and if... Well, let's just leave it at that. If she were prosecuted, there is not a Republican safe from liberal Democrat harassment and prosecution on there on after.” IfsWellsRepublicanSafeClintonDemocratHarassmentProsecution Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.” IfsThinkingShouldSometimesCareRunningAbleValuesWillingMoralityRepublicanDemocratDon't CareDiscussionSwim Author:Barack Obama
“The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.” LooksEvilRepublicanDemocratEmpires Author:William Safire
“So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those people are doing what their constituents want. But that's not what my constituents want.” PeopleWantMadeDonePartyRepublicanDemocraticDemocratUrbanConstituents Author:Collin Peterson
“If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic district, they don't ever talk to a Republican, they don't have to and they don't want to.” IfsWantDifferentRepublicanPercentDemocraticDemocratDiscussionCaucus Author:Collin Peterson
“We've - we heard a lot from state secretaries of state and other elections officials from all states in the nation, both Democrat and Republican. Before Election Day, we heard for weeks concern about the election being rigged or the election being hacked.” StatesNationsHeardWeekRepublicanConcernElectionDemocratOfficialsSecretaryElection DayRiggedHackedAll State Author:Audie Cornish
“Newt Gingrich gave voice to something that was said throughout this campaign from Democrats and Republicans.” SaidVoiceRepublicanDemocratCampaignsNewts Author:Chuck Todd
“Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.” KnowsFirstsRealAbleLinesRepublicanDemocratReal ThingsPlaybooks Author:Keith Ellison
“Yeah, well, that's not how you win the presidency, you dummkopfs. You get 270 electoral votes, and we got 306. Kellyanne [Conway] now explains how Republicans crushed Democrats all over the country. This is the thing that I don't think they've come to grips with yet.” ThinkingWellsCountryWinningRepublicanVoteYeahDemocratPresidencyCrushed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Four states where [Democrats] have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. That's it. They have lost seats. They are not gonna win the House and Senate back any time soon. They don't have a prayer. Even if the Republicans implode, the numbers just work against them. They got too many seats that they have to defend.” IfsStatesHouseWinningLostPrayerNumbersFourRepublicanDemocratSeatsSenateLegislature Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[The Democrats] can't stop [Donald] Trump. They are in the exact position that the Republicans were in in 2009 and 2010 with [Barack] Obama.” PositionTrumpRepublicanDemocratBarack Author:Rush Limbaugh
“With the Democrats, they see themselves, we see ourselves as the party of the working folks, the striving, you know, the good. But, without anybody acknowledging it, there is now this little camp of folks who come across as very elitist, that look down on red state voters, who think that Republicans are dumb people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksLittlesStatesPartyRepublicanRedDemocratStriveFolksDumbVotersCampsElitistDumb People Author:Van Jones
“Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.” LittlesSometimesRepublicanDemocrat Author:Pam Grier
“There's a statement from several members of the Senate, both Democrats and Republicans, including the Democratic leader, Charles Schumer; John McCain, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Lindsey Graham, also a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. They write that recent reports of Russian interference in our elections should alarm every American. They say Democrats and Republicans must work together to investigate this.” ShouldWritingTogetherLeaderRepublicanMembersElectionDemocraticDemocratIncludingStatementsReportsChairsWorking TogetherSenateCommitteesAlarmsInterferenceMccainArmed ServicesDemocratic Leaders Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I won't support any budget, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat budget, that doesn't lead to balance.” SupportBalanceRepublicanDemocratBudgets Author:Rand Paul
“Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings.” BigsCompanyRepublicanToughDemocratClimateHearingOilCriminalsSkepticalMccainHawksConfirmationOil CompaniesBig Oil Author:Rich Lowry
“I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best pieces of news this morning is a joint statement, Senator [Chuck] Schumer, Senator [Harry] Reid for the Democrats,John McCain and Lindsey Graham from the Republicans, saying we have to get to the bottom of this.” ThinkingDoeMorningTakenPiecesRepublicanNewsDemocratBottomScaryStatementsSenatorsJointsPartisansMccainChuckHackingScary Things Author:E. J. Dionne
“Comparing what the Democrats offer to what the Republicans offer is like comparing the money I have in my pocket to what Bill Gates has in his.” RepublicanOffersBillsDemocratComparePocketsGates Author:Jackie Mason
“I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.” IfsThinkingBelievePersonsLawSidesChurchStreetsBrotherCallingRepublicanConflictWorshipDemocratAbortionGlobal WarmingNeighborhoodLunchInitiativeIn-lawsShortageYour BrotherMosquesSynagogueBrother In Law Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“I'll beat up on Republicans and Democrats alike, and they don't like it.” RepublicanBeatsDemocrat Author:Megyn Kelly
“For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may not remember me showing up here in 2005 when John Kerry had lost a close election, Tom Daschle, the leader of the Senate, had been beaten in an upset. Ken Salazar and I were the only two Democrats that won nationally. Republicans controlled the Senate and the House, and two years later, Democrats were winning back Congress, and four years later I was President of the United States.” TryingYearsMayTwoStatesFeelingsRememberHouseWinningLostPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesFourRepublicanSpeechElectionDemocratCongressUpsetTwo YearsControlledFour YearsSenateTomsBeatenBostonDiscouragedShowing UpRemember MeJohn Kerry Author:Barack Obama
“Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.” ThinkingIdeasCountryJobsClassMiddleTrumpRepublicanRight NowProtectDemocratMiddle Class Author:John Lewis
“Walt Shaub is a dedicated public servant, has come up through the ranks under both Democrats and Republicans.” RepublicanDemocratCome UpServantDedicatedWaltPublic Servants Author:Reince Priebus
“The Office of Government Ethics has taken the right position on this, one consistent with many Republicans and Democrats. And by the way, OGE and Walt Shaub in particular, were very, very helpful in moving the [George W. Bush] nominees through. This is not a partisan organization at all.” WayGovernmentMovingTakenPositionParticularRepublicanOfficeEthicsOrganizationDemocratConsistentHelpfulPartisansWalt Author:Reince Priebus