“I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.” ProblemChurchReligiousPartyIssuesRecordsAtheismMaterialsRepublicanMetsMajorsPressureElectionImpactMeetingsDemocratCarefulMinistersConsiderationViciousCalculationsCounty Author:James A. Michener
“Republican voters already hated Democrats so much that [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama didn't really have much impact.” RepublicanImpactBillsClintonDemocratBarackHatedVoters Author:Kevin Drum
“Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships, has managed to halt Obamacare`s full impact.” MayStatesCareAblePresidentDarkPartyRepublicanRedImpactDemocraticReformBarackHealth CareRepublican PartyComprehensiveObamacareLegislatureHaltPresident Barack ObamaHealth Care ReformMedicaidState LegislaturesNotice Me Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“What I`m starting to think of as the mythical beast of the Republican establishment, which is the sort of inchoate idea that we keep talking about what they`re going to do and it never seems to have much impact or be manifest in very visible ways, obviously, it is one thing for Donald Trump to have taken a shot like he did early in his campaign at John McCain, calling him not a war hero.” ThinkingWayIdeasWarSeemsTalkingTakenOne ThingTrumpHeroCallingRepublicanShotsImpactStartingCampaignsBeastVisibleManifestEstablishmentMccainKeep TalkingWar HeroMythical Beasts Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a difference in terms of moving the Republican Party, in terms of moving the country in a particular direction. It's a direction I disagreed with. But it showed that, in fact, you get involved, if your voice is heard it has an impact.” IfsGivingMadeCountryFactsMovingVoiceTermDifferencesPartyHeardParticularHugeInvolvedRepublicanImpactCreditTeaRepublican PartyGet InvolvedDisagreementTea Party Author:Barack Obama
“[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do nothing about climate change except make it worse. And he's not just speaking for himself, but for the whole Republican Party, the whole leadership. It's already had impact, it will have worse impact.” Has BeensWholePartyTrumpRepublicanImpactClimateClimate ChangeConsistentRepublican PartyInconsistent Author:Noam Chomsky