“The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.” IfsThinkingI CanDoneCan DoPartyRepublicanAreasDemocraticGovernorsDemocratic PartyLegislatureTake Control 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
“Despite the fact that David Petraeus is now very highly regarded in foreign policy circles because of his record in both Republican and Democratic circles. It`s all pretty extraordinary.” FactsRecordsPolicyRepublicanDemocraticExtraordinaryCirclesDespiteForeign Policy Author:Chuck Todd
“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
“On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that this is a very right wing cabinet at odds with so much of what [Donald] Trump said. And it's also going to be fascinating to see if your Republican Party in the congress actually goes along with those aspects of the Trump plan that are designed to raise wages.” IfsThinkingWantSaidSidesPartyPlansTrumpRepublicanAspectRaisesWingsDemocraticCongressOppositionFascinatingOddsWagesRepublican PartySignalsRight WingCabinets Author:E. J. Dionne
“The closeness [of Rex Tillerson] to [Vladimir] Putin will be one of the unifying issues between the Republican critics and Democratic critics.” IssuesRepublicanDemocraticCriticsPutinClosenessUnifying Author:E. J. Dionne
“There are more Democratic schmucks than there are Republican ones.” RepublicanDemocraticSchmucks Author:Jackie Mason
“It's plain that the American right wing, the Republicans and some sections of the Democratic Party, don't really care about international norms. They believe in the executive authority of the president. They don't even believe the United Nations or international law should play any role vis-à-vis American policymaking.” ShouldBelievePlayCareLawNationsPresidentUnitedPartyRolesRepublicanAuthorityWingsDemocraticInternationalExecutivesSectionsNormUnited NationsDemocratic PartyRight WingInternational Law Author:Vijay Prashad
“You put the republican members of congress who are up for re-election, and quite candidly, the democrats, because every democratic congressperson ought to be writing, tweeting, and you put them on notice. We are the boss of this government, not the [Donald] Trump.” WritingGovernmentOughtTrumpRepublicanMembersElectionDemocraticDemocratCongressBoss Author:Joe Madison
“The thing that should most concern us is a shift in American foreign policy. We have had a bipartisan belief in American foreign policy based on the post-World War II institutions that believed in democratic global world, which Russia and the Soviet Union was often seen as hostile to. And most Republicans and Democrats have always basically believed in this world order. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and maybe Marine Le Pen do not agree with this basic structure of the world.” WorldShouldWarOrderBeliefPolicyThis WorldTrumpRepublicanConcernAgreeInstitutionsStructureUnionsDemocraticDemocratRussiaPostsWar Of The WorldsPensSovietWorld War IiForeign PolicyWorld War ISoviet UnionHostileMarinePutinWorld OrderBipartisanAmerican Foreign Policy Author:David Brooks
“Of course there are different forms of conservatism. I would say just analytically that the Republican Party is more thoroughly conservative and the Democratic Party is more thoroughly liberal today than has been the case for most of modern history.” Has BeensDifferentTodayFormCoursesPartyCasesModernRepublicanDemocraticConservativeRepublican PartyConservatismDemocratic PartyModern History Author:William Kristol
“I think Bernie Sanders understands better than anyone the chasm that exists between a Democratic - the Democrats and the Republicans when it comes to being there for America's working families, and that's what he's about, and that's what we're about as Democrats.” ThinkingAmericaRepublicanDemocraticDemocratBeing ThereChasms Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The Washington Post said that 50% of the contributors of the Republican Party were Jewish and 70% of the Democratic Party. That's 2% and they control America.” SaidAmericaPartyRepublicanDemocraticPostsRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyContributors Author:David Duke
“The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.” MayStillsPastLeftPartyCrimeRepublicanDemocraticDemocratic PartyIdeologues Author:Charles Schumer
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” PastPoliticalPoliticsAnswersResponsibilityAcceptingRepublicanBlameDemocraticProblem Solving4th Of JulyDemocratic PartyPersonal ResponsibilityDemocratic SocietyRight AnswersNew FrontiersDomestic PolicyBrush StrokesDemocratic RightsPolitics Today Author:John F. Kennedy
“Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.” RepublicanBattleLosingElectionMajorityDemocraticCongressHealthcareLandslidesMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Barack Obama
“The Republican Party is the party of national security. There's hardly a national security wing of the Democratic Party anymore. So if we turn away from it, that'll be a big problem.” IfsProblemBigsTurnsPartySecurityRepublicanWingsDemocraticRepublican PartyNational SecurityDemocratic PartyBig Problems Author:John Bolton
“My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.” WellsGuySocialDealsSecurityRepublicanMountainMajorsDemocraticLeavingDebtAgreementSocial SecurityExpenditures Author:Barack Obama
“Two radical activists in an organizing group sometime despise each other and disagree with each other as much as a Republican and Democratic politician do.” TwoGroupsPoliticianRepublicanDemocraticRadicalActivistDisagreeDespise Author:Grace Dunham
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton
“I am the mayor of Boston, I am a Democrat. But, I am not the mayor of Democratic people in Boston. I am the mayor of Democrats and Republicans, Independents, Tea Party, and the unenrolled. I am the mayor of conservatives and progressives. I am the mayor of all the different races. I am the mayor of the rich and the poor.” PeopleDifferentPoorPartyRaceRichRepublicanDemocraticDemocratTeaBostonMayorsTea PartyDifferent Races Author:Marty Walsh
“My problem with Obama is that he's not a new paradigm; he's an old paradigm. A new paradigm would be somebody like Harold Ford [former Democratic Congressman from Tennessee] or Michael Steele [former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Maryland], no relation, both of whom present themselves as individuals, and don't seem to wear a mask. They don't 'bargain;' they don't 'challenge.' So, I see them as fresh, and as evidence of what I hope will be a new trend.” ProblemSeemsWould BeIndividualChallengesRepublicanEvidenceRelationDemocraticFormerMaskTrendsGovernorsParadigmBargainsCongressmanTennesseeLieutenantsMaryland Author:Shelby Steele
“The day after the Republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the U.S. presidential election [2016] from Russia. The day after the Republican convention ended, right before the Democratic Convention began we got what U.S. intelligence agencies believed to be the next big Russian incursion into our election. We got the first WikiLeaks dump.” FirstsBigsPoliticalNextRepublicanElectionDemocraticRussiaPresidentialAgencyBombsConventionsDumpPresidential ElectionWikileaksIntelligence Agencies Author:Rachel Maddow
“I invigorated the grassroots in the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party.” WellsPartyRepublicanDemocraticRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyGrassroots Author:Barack Obama
“I would not vote for the Democratic candidate. I could not vote for Donald Trump. I would therefore have to write in someone. I could get behind any other Republican candidate, any of them.” WritingRepublicanVoteDemocratic Author:Scott Rigell
“On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and the growing ideological and political pessimism of the Republican Party.” PoliticalPartyPolicyRepublicanDemocraticPessimismRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyIdeological Author:Peter Beinart
“Let us build our own political machine. You've been in the Democratic Party, you got nothing. We were Republicans at one time, at least, we had a fake declaration of emancipation. No, if you and I unite with that man, and that man is Elijah Muhammad, the Messenger-Messiah, with the help of Allah he said, I will get you what you want and I know what you want for I am your brother.” MenHelpingPoliticalPartyBrotherRepublicanDemocraticFakeDeclarationDemocratic PartyMuhammadEmancipationElijah Author:Louis Farrakhan