“Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.” CareLastsWinningTakenFivePlansGreatnessRepublicanPercentAssumingDivinityRollingMomentumZealot Author:Keith Olbermann
“I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates.” KnowsHardGovernmentChoicesPiecesCarWillingIndustryRepublicanPercentRateCome UpRelatedCashUnemploymentFederal GovernmentRevivalBankruptcyMichiganBipartisanDelegationBailoutsUnemployment RateAuto IndustryWarranty Author:Fred Upton
“The Democratic National Committee is virtually 100 percent anti-firearms ownership, and the Republican National Committee stands on the side of the freedom.” SidesRepublicanPercentDemocraticOwnershipCommitteesFirearms Author:Wayne LaPierre
“Today is the midterm elections. The Washington Post is predicting that there's a 98 percent chance of the Republicans taking the Senate and The New York Times says there's a 75 percent chance. And CNN said, 'Wait, that's today?'” SaidTodayWaitingChanceNew YorkRepublicanPercentElectionPostsSenateNew York TimesCnnPredictingMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Sixty eight percent of Republicans don't believe in evolution. On the other hand, only five percent of monkeys believe in Republicans.” BelieveHandsFiveEvolutionRepublicanPercentDon't BelieveEightSixtyMonkeys Author:Stephen Colbert
“The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed legislation that effectively ended the main federal anti-poverty program and turned the fate of welfare recipients, 70 percent of whom were children, over to the tender mercies of the states. With a stroke of the pen, Clinton eliminated what remained of New Deal-era compassion for the poor and codified into law the "tough love" callousness that his Republican allies in the Congress, led by Newt Gingrich, had long embraced.” ChildrenLongStatesLawForcePresidentPoorDealsCompassionMoralPovertyFateRepublicanPercentToughProgramMercyBillsClintonCongressSignificantErasWelfareLiberalismPensAlliesLegislationStrokesNewtsNew DealTough LoveCallousnessPresident Bill ClintonTender MerciesWelfare Recipients Author:Robert Scheer
“Every election, roughly half the population votes Democrat and the other half votes Republican. Now, I understand why the Republicans get one percent of the vote - the richest one percent.That other percent, someone will have to explain to me.” HalfRepublicanPercentVoteElectionDemocratPopulationOther Half Author:Bill Maher
“If you want to find the cool, anti-establishment rebels who don't answer to The Man on college campuses today, you have to go to a meeting of the College Republicans. They are rebelling against at least 99 percent of their professors.” IfsMenWantTodayAnswersCollegeHe ManRepublicanPercentMeetingsProfessorsRebelEstablishmentCampusCollege Campus Author:Ann Coulter
“The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast 6 percent of the vote in 1990 and 12 percent in 2000. If their numbers expand at the current pace, they will be up to 18 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2020. With one-third of Hispanics voting Republican, they are the jump ball in American politics. As this vote goes, so goes the future.” IfsYearsLastsNumbersGrewRepublicanPercentVoteThirdsBallsCastsPopulationCurrentsVotingPaceLast YearAmerican PoliticsHispanicVoting Republican Author:Dick Morris
“Fifty four percent of Republican voters believe President [Barack] Obama is Muslim. And 66 percent of Trump voters believe President Obama is Muslim. If you hear anyone trying to explain the rise of Donald Trump without including that fact, then you`re hearing someone who doesn`t know what they`re talking about.” IfsKnowsTryingBelieveFactsPresidentTalkingFourTrumpRepublicanPercentIncludingHearingBarackFiftyVotersPresident ObamaPresident Barack Obama Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Forty four percent of Republican voters believe President [Barack] Obama was not born in the United States. They believe he is not a legal citizen of the United States.They believe his presidency is unconstitutional.” BelieveStatesPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesFourCitizensRepublicanPercentBarackFortyVotersPresidencyPresident Barack ObamaUnconstitutional Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.” IfsKnowsPresidentCircumstancesRepublicanPercentCampaignsPresidentialApprovalRatingMccainOutgoingPresidential CampaignApproval Rating Author:Rachel Maddow
“I am 100 percent confident. This is a security review that was requested. It is being carried out. It will be resolved. But I have to add if there's going to be a security review about me, there's going to have to be security reviews about a lot of other people, including Republican office holders, because we've got this absurd situation of retroactive classifications.” PeopleIfsSituationSecurityRepublicanOfficePercentAddIncludingAbsurdReviewsClassification Author:Hillary Clinton
“For anyone who doesn't believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton in November, and that's about 70 percent of Republicans nationwide who don't think Donald Trump is the right guy, our [President's] campaign is the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump and that can beat Donald Trump.” ThinkingBelieveGuyPresidentTrumpRepublicanBeatsPercentClintonCampaignsCandidatesBeatenNovemberRight Guy Author:Ted Cruz
“There's a reason [Donald]Trump and [Ted] Cruz are one and two and that they take nearly 50 percent of the Republican electorate away in these polls because there's real palpable anger out there and frustration and a feeling of betrayal.” TwoRealReasonFeelingsTrumpRepublicanPercentBetrayalFrustrationPollsCruzElectorate Author:Sean Hannity
“About 65 percent of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is not the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton.” BelieveTrumpRepublicanPercentClintonCandidates Author:Ted Cruz
“I said something recently about how the president [Barak Obama] should stop trying to placate the crazies and the right wing and the Republicans and stand up for the 70 percent of Americans who are not insane and stand up for the people who actually voted for you. That hit a real nerve.” PeopleShouldTryingSaidRealPresidentRepublicanPercentWingsInsaneNervesRight WingStop TryingBarak Obama Author:Bill Maher
“America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.” ThinkingCountryAmericaRepublicanPercentVote Author:Gene Weingarten
“I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority.” ThinkingDoneHouseTrumpRepublicanTaxesPercentVoteMajorityDemocraticReformSenateGet It DoneBipartisanTax Reform Author:Rudy Giuliani
“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
“[Walt Shaub] is cleared more than 50 percent of the nominations, Republican nominations that have been provided to him so far, versus 20 percent at this point in the [Barack] Obama transition which I worked on.” Has BeensRepublicanPercentBarackTransitionVersusNominationsWalt Author:Reince Priebus
“Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their constituents to stand with the gun lobby.” PoliticalRepublicanPercentGunStandingConclusionConstituents Author:Chris Murphy
“69 percent of the people want our politicians to work together. And I think this should be a message to Democrats and Republicans to work together. And this is why people are very upset about Washington today.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldTodayTogetherPoliticianRepublicanMessagesPercentDemocratUpsetWorking Together Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The American people are beginning to see the Republicans' willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It's rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.” PeopleWayWantYearsPartyStepsRepublicanPercentMinoritiesWillingnessWrong Way Author:Barbara Boxer