“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
“The largest bloc of voters now has divorced the Democratic and Republican parties, which are now minority parties and the plurality of voters now are independent. They're looking for something else.” PartyRepublicanIndependentDemocraticMinoritiesVotersRepublican PartyDivorced Author:Jill Stein
“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
“The anti-slavery parties were also called spoilers, including the Republican party that went on not just to abolish slavery but they actually take over the Presidency moving very quickly from third-party into the Presidency.” MovingPartyRepublicanThirdsSlaveryIncludingPresidencyRepublican PartyAbolishThird PartiesSpoilersAnti Slavery Author:Jill Stein
“We've seen the Republican Party come apart at the seam with Donald Trump taking the remnants over the cliff. We've seen the basic foundation of the Republican Party move into the Democratic Party inside of Hillary's campaign.” MovingPartyTrumpRepublicanFoundationDemocraticCampaignsRepublican PartyCliffsDemocratic PartyRemnants Author:Jill Stein
“We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street.” PeopleWarPartyStreetsWorstWallRepublicanDemocraticRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:Ralph Nader
“I will support whoever is nominated and named by the party. I, at this time, don't plan to get involved in the contest and let it go forward. I had my own contest, it didn't result in victory, and I will let voters decide what will happen. But I will support the Republican candidate.” HappensMy OwnResultsPartySupportPlansVictoryInvolvedRepublicanCandidatesVotersContestsGet InvolvedLet It Go Author:Marco Rubio
“As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.” StatesFormWinningPartyRepublicanHarderWestSouthCurrentsEducatedDiverseRepublican Party Author:Mara Liasson
“It's a democracy, and the reason why the conservative movement loses is because it believes that it is elite, that the smartest in its midst who have gone to the right schools and who have worked at the right think tanks and have the right opinions and the right friends can run it for the rest of America. That's why I'm a Tea Party adherent over a Republican or conservative establishment adherent.” ThinkingBelieveReasonRunningSchoolAmericaLosesPartyOpinionGoneDemocracyMovementRepublicanConservativeTeaReason WhyMidstEstablishmentElitesTanksTea Party Author:Andrew Breitbart
“Because the Republican Party are filled with cowards they're afraid to reach out to the Hispanic community, they're afraid to reach out to the black community.” BlackCommunityPartyRepublicanFilledCowardReach OutRepublican PartyHispanicBlack Community Author:Andrew Breitbart
“The Democratic Party has formed a perfect union with the mainstream media to scare Republicans, to say that they're gonna be called racists or sexists or homophobic if they reach out to minorities.” IfsPerfectPartyMediaRepublicanUnionsDemocraticMinoritiesRacistScareReach OutMainstreamDemocratic PartyMainstream MediaHomophobic Author:Andrew Breitbart
“It is hard to imagine a choice more stark than the choice between Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party, a clear establishment figure, and Stephen Bannon, a leader of the right-wing, the guy - Breitbart News Network, somebody who spent most of the time beating up on the Republican establishment.” HardGuyChoicesPartyLeaderClearImagineFiguresRepublicanNewsWingsEstablishmentRepublican PartyChairmanRight WingStarks 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
“There are various different kinds of conservatives and different kinds of Republicans. We all come from different corners of our party. The key here is not only to unify and merge these approaches, but to also invite everyone else in America to get us focused on our solutions.” KindDifferentAmericaPartyKeysRepublicanApproachSolutionsVariousCornersFocusedInvitesDifferent Kinds Author:Paul Ryan
“If you thought Donald Trump was going to be swallowed up by the conventional Republican Party or by Washington, you were wrong.” IfsPartyTrumpRepublicanConventionalRepublican Party Author:David Brooks
“Let's look at the Trump and Bernie Sanders insurgencies. They were basically insurgencies against the Republican and Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders made no mistake about it. And, of course, Trump didn't either. And they almost won.” LooksMadeCoursesPartyMistakeTrumpRepublicanDemocraticDemocratic PartyInsurgency Author:Ralph Nader
“A lot of Muslims, a lot of Arab Americans, Muslim Americans were very attracted to the Republican Party - conservative social values and so on. But Trump has horrified them.” ValuesSocialPartyTrumpRepublicanConservativeRepublican PartySocial Values Author:Rashid Khalidi
“I believe in the principles of the Republican Party.” BelieveI BelievePartyPrinciplesRepublicanI Believe InRepublican Party Author:Karl Rove
“Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet.” GivingChancePartyRepublicanBe YouDominantRepublican Party Author:Karl Rove
“The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've got contradictory senses of various issues and policy positions and I don't think that either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party necessarily capture their deepest dreams when those parties are described in caricature or in policy terms.” PeopleThinkingProblemDreamFacesTermPartyCommonIssuesPolicyPositionRepublicanSolutionsDemocraticVariousSensesPracticalsCommon SenseCaptureRepublican PartyContradictoryDemocratic PartyIdeologicalCaricatures Author:Barack Obama
“I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then I think that we move the country forward and when we are divided and our politics is focused on dividing, then I think we're less successful, not just from the perspective of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party but from the perspective of the nation as a whole.” ThinkingCountryWholeProblemMovingPoliticalNationsPartyMoralSuccessfulFocusPerspectiveRepublicanDemocraticFocusedDividedRepublican PartyConsensusDemocratic PartyDividing Author:Barack Obama
“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
“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
“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
“You have the Republican Party, who see themselves in their heart of hearts as being a party of colorblind meritocracy. That's their great belief about themselves. And yet somehow you also have a party where a lot of racial resentment and a camp of even neo-Nazis have set up camp in their party. If you point it out to them, they get mad at you, not at the neo-Nazis.” IfsHeartBeliefPartyRepublicanMadCampsResentmentNaziRepublican PartyMeritocracy Author:Van Jones
“If there are few conservatives in the senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we could have the power to say to the leadership, you know what, need a better budget.” IfsKnowsNeedsPartyBalanceRepublicanWingsBudgetsSenateRepublican Party Author:Rand Paul
“I think we have got to call out the Republicans, where their walk doesn't match their talk, and I think we also have to make sure that we communicate clearly that we are the party that cares deeply in our core about working people in this country.” PeopleThinkingCountryCareWalksPartyRepublicanCommunicateCore Author:Claire McCaskill
“We're going to cut taxes, deregulate to try to create general pro-growth conditions, at the same time, much more than any other Republican ever before, [Donald Trump] is going to focus on trying to tighten the labor market directly through discouraging outsourcing and tightening up on immigration, all towards the goal of actually increasing wages, that's a new focus for the Republican Party and a very important one.” TryingImportantGoalGrowthPartyFocusCuttingConditionsTrumpRepublicanTaxesLaborImmigrationWagesRepublican PartyDiscouragingOutsourcing Author:Rich Lowry
“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 most powerful country in world history, which is sure to set its stamp on what follows, placed the entire government (executive, legislative, judicial branches) in the hands of an organization - the Republican Party - dedicated to escalating the race to disaster.” WorldCountryHandsGovernmentPowerfulPartyRaceRepublicanOrganizationDisasterBranchesExecutivesMost PowerfulDedicatedRepublican PartyStampsWorld HistoryJudicialEscalatingJudicial BranchPowerful Countries Author:Noam Chomsky
“Trump was the logical outcome of the Republican's irrational, racialized backlash to Obama that had utterly come to dominate the party's thinking.” ThinkingPartyTrumpRepublicanOutcomesLogicalIrrationalBacklash Author:Jonathan Chait
“The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete domination of the party. The moderate, mainstream and pragmatic leaders of the party have been pushed out or died off.” Has BeensStoriesPartyLeaderRepublicanDiedMovedMainstreamRepublican PartyDominationModeratesFringePragmatic Author:Jonathan Chait
“Because many people remembered a time when the Republican Party was not so extreme, and hadn't full grasped how much it had changed, people blamed Obama for his failure to get Republicans to agree with him. That blame coloured so much of how the public saw Obama during his presidency. The public thought he was dealing with a brand of Republican leader that just didn't exist any more.” PeoplePartyLeaderSawsChangedRepublicanAgreeBlameExtremesBrandsRememberedPresidencyRepublican Party Author:Jonathan Chait
“One of the things we've learned during the Obama era is how important norms are, because we've seen how the Republican Party behaved against Obama. So much of what they did was to smash pre-existing norms, which were nothing more than assumptions of how people would behave, which didn't have any real basis in rules or limits.” PeopleImportantRealPartyRepublicanLimitsBasesErasBehaveAssumptionRepublican PartyNorm Author:Jonathan Chait
“At best, Trumpism will be a more right-wing version of the same old Republican Party.” PartyRepublicanWingsVersionsRepublican PartyRight Wing Author:Jonathan Chait
“Even the Republican Party doesn't have the legs to challenge Hillary Clinton.” ChallengesPartyRepublicanClintonLegsRepublican Party Author:Jackie Mason
“Only the Republican Party cares about the issues that concern me.” CarePartyIssuesRepublicanConcernRepublican Party 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-Ã -vis American policymaking.” ShouldBelievePlayCareLawNationsPresidentUnitedPartyRolesRepublicanAuthorityWingsDemocraticInternationalExecutivesSectionsNormUnited NationsDemocratic PartyRight WingInternational Law Author:Vijay Prashad
“I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition and I present to him as well, as the American people my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward. To speak out with respect to areas where I think the Republican party's wrong, but to pledge to work with them on those things that I think will advance the causes of security and prosperity and justice and inclusiveness in America.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsDoeStillsIdeasCountryStatesAmericaMovingSpeakCausesPresidentJusticeUnitedPartyResponsibilityUnited StatesSecurityTrumpRepublicanAreasResponsibleProsperityTransitionRepublican PartyPledgeSpeaks OutFacilitateInclusiveness Author:Barack Obama
“That's not for me to decide, that's for the voters to decide and many of them are saying, this slavish adherence to the cult of the free market that the Republican party has followed for decades isn't what we want anymore. That's not a question for me, that's up to them.” WantPartyRepublicanDecadesVotersCultRepublican PartyFree MarketAdherence Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“The Republican Party is no longer the Republican Party.” PartyRepublicanRepublican Party Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Those poll ratings go south, I think you have a Republican Party ready to begin different kinds of hearings than [Jason] Chaffetz is unwilling to have.” ThinkingKindDifferentPartyReadyRepublicanSouthHearingDifferent KindsRepublican PartyPollsUnwillingRatingJason Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.” IfsMenBelieveLongUseTogetherUsedWhitePartyRichTrumpRepublicanShotsVoteMajorityStrategyTeaMinoritiesWhite ManTacticsRepresentingTea PartyPopular VoteLong Shots Author:Ezra G. Levin
“I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksPartyRepublicanConcernMainstreamRepublican Party Author:Bob Dole
“Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be who has to bend more to accommodate the other - Mr. Trump accommodate their ideology, or will they have to accommodate his? And if he can rally audiences behind him, we could see a very interesting intra-party war of a kind we haven't seen in a really long time.” IfsKindLongWarInterestingPartyBehindsAudienceClearHavensTrumpRepublicanLong TimeConservativeIdeologyAgendasAlliesVery InterestingMikeAccommodateReally Long Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Marco Rubio was the darling of the Tea Party. Marco Rubio was elected as a Tea Party conservative Republican. Marco Rubio was sent to Washington clearly with the belief that he was part of a new conservative majority that was not tied to the establishment.” BeliefPartyRepublicanMajorityConservativeTeaEstablishmentTiedDarlingTea PartyMarcos Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump as the nominee losing was to be the end of the Republican Party. The Democrats were gonna have basically one-party rule for 50 years, and look at what actually has happened. It's practically the reverse.” YearsLooksEndsPartyHappenedTrumpRepublicanLosingDemocratReverseRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for [Carly] Fiorina who he basically said who would vote for you? Look at her face. She evidently wants to be a Republican leadership, a part of the Republican Party so bad that she would allow them and him to get away with that.” WantWellsLooksSaidFacesSidesPartyTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionDefinedPrimariesGet AwayColleaguesRepublican PartyAisleDisrespectful Author:Maxine Waters