“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.” IfsKnowsWayBigsRunningLostGivenPresidentRepublicanLosingAccountsRomneyMccainTidyOffshore Author:George Will
“[Mitt Romney is a] Massachusetts moderate who, in fact, is pretty good at managing the decay." He's "given no evidence in his years in Massachusetts of any ability to change the culture or change the political structure.” YearsFactsPoliticalCultureGivenAbilityRepublicanEvidenceStructureDecayModeratesRomneyMassachusettsAbility To Change Author:Newt Gingrich
“That Republicans now control the Senate means, of course, that they control the confirmation process. Their majority enables them to stop an unacceptable nomination at various points: They can deny the nominee a committee hearing; they can vote the person down in committee; they can refuse to schedule a vote on a nomination sent to the floor; and the full Senate can vote to reject the nomination. The Republicans' majority status also strengthens their negotiating position with the White House, making it more likely that a mutually acceptable candidate will be chosen for a given seat.” MeanPersonsCoursesHouseGivenProcessWhitePositionRepublicanVoteMajorityVariousRefuseDenyHearingChosenCandidatesSeatsRejectsWhite HouseSenateAcceptableCommitteesSchedulesNotableNominationsConfirmationNegotiating Author:Terry Eastland
“Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven't given up trying.” PeopleTryingGivenHavensRepublicanGiven Up Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I think we [Americans] are going to look back and realize that the civil liberties that we've given up in the name of security, the authority that we've given Democratic and Republican presidents, all have contributed to a fraying of the fabric of our democratic republic.” ThinkingLooksNamesGivenPresidentRealizingLibertySecurityRepublicanAuthorityDemocraticRepublicFabricGiven UpCivil LibertiesDemocratic Republic Author:Jeremy Scahill
“Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work.” PoliticalOpportunityGivenCommonMillionsRepublicanConversationDollarsObjectivesCommon SenseTonightUsualStatus QuoDeficitGreat OpportunityChallenging Status QuoChallenging The Status Quo Author:Gary Johnson
“[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
“The other theory of the case - and it`s not just one that people opposed to him politically believe, but also people who share the Republican Party`s beliefs or conservative, but don`t like Donald Trump, is that he`s fundamentally a narcissist who has become addicted to the attention, is sort of compulsively driven by attention, and this has given him an outlet for that attention, and crucially doesn`t actually care about the party that he is nominally representing.” PeopleBelieveCareBeliefGivenPartyAttentionCasesShareTheoryTrumpRepublicanConservativeDrivenJust OneRepublican PartyOutletsRepresentingNarcissist Author:Chris Hayes
“You are sitting here defending an assault on American democracy. Somebody probably said nice things about anybody at a given point. This is an unprecedented event that was done at the behest of the House Republicans that was leaked to the press by the House Republicans.” SaidDoneHouseGivenDemocracyNiceEventsRepublicanSittingPressesAssaultUnprecedentedNice ThingsAmerican Democracy Author:James Carville
“For those of us who have been disgruntled conservatives, who have watched the last successive tsunami at midterms and such, where Republicans were given majorities in both chambers and did little with it, this [Donald Trump win] was no surprise to us.” LittlesHas BeensLastsWinningGivenTrumpRepublicanMajoritySurpriseChamberTsunamiDisgruntledMidterms Author:Mary Matalin