“What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'?” PeopleWayGivingI CanBigsPresidentRepublicanDemandTablesMake Me HappySpecifics Author:Paul Krugman
“When this president was sworn into office, he was handed a deficit of over a trillion dollars. Republicans were in control of Congress for much of the time that President George W. Bush was in office, and they didn't do a great job of controlling spending.” JobsPresidentRepublicanOfficeDollarsCongressSpendingDeficitGreat JobPresident George W Bush Author:Jay Carney
“President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end he threatened to go with the nuclear option, showing he's tougher on Republicans than he is on Iran.” MindEndsCareWantedPresidentChangedRepublicanNuclearReformHealth CareIranPresident ObamaThreatenedSummitInputThursdayBipartisanLawmakersHealth Care Reform Author:Argus Hamilton
“In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.” TryingMayImportantPoliticalPresidentGrowingIgnoranceRepublicanMajorityListsFactorsRisingNeglectPresident ObamaSenateLegislationThresholdAnalystsParalysisPartisanshipCitingObstinacyTacticalCulpritChildishnessIncoherenceFilibuster Author:Jacob Weisberg
“The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.” IfsPersonsCountryAmericaBlackPresidentGenerationsRepublicanElectionIncludingBarackTensionEliminatingBlack PersonRacial Tension Author:Dennis Prager
“I have said many times in the past I don't choose to be vice president, either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vegetarian.” SaidPastPresidentRepublicanDemocratVicesLibertarianVegetarianVice President Author:John McCain
“I don't know how you make a record on liberal and conservative these days. We've had a conservative Republican Congress, so to speak, and a conservative president, and we've run up one of the most astounding deficits in the history of our nation.” KnowsRunningSpeakNationsPresidentKnow HowRecordsRepublicanCongressConservativeThese DaysDeficit Author:Sam Nunn
“Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican.” IfsMenCountryNextWaitingPresidentPartyWatchesRepublicanSpeechNominationsLandslides Author:Rod Dreher
“Consider that in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as the 1990s), President Clinton felt that he had to assure an isolationist Republican Congress - repeat after me, an isolationist Republican Congress - that the 20,000 U.S. peacekeeping troops he promised Bosnia as part of the Dayton Accords would only stay deployed for a single calendar year.” YearsFeltPresidentKnownRepublicanClintonCongressRepeatsFar AwayTroopsGalaxyAccordCalendarsPresident ClintonPeacekeepingBosnia Author:Matt Welch
“What conservatives and Republicans must recognize is that the White House has broken with them. What President Bush is doing, and has been doing for some time, is sundering a great political coalition.” Has BeensPoliticalHousePresidentWhiteBrokenRepublicanWhite HousePresident BushCoalitionsGreat Political Author:Peggy Noonan
“With nearly two years remaining in his presidency, George W. Bush is alone. In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress - not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment. Republicans in Congress do not trust their president to protect them.” YearsTwoPresidentPartyHalfCenturyRepublicanProtectCongressTwo YearsIsolatedPresidencyJimmyCarterImpeachmentHalf A Century Author:Robert Novak
“Whether it's a sitting president when I was an impeachment manager, or a Republican president who has taken liberties with adherence to the law, to me the standard is the same.” LawPresidentLibertyTakenRepublicanStandardsSittingManagersAdherenceImpeachment Author:Bob Barr
“A critical component of White House Scandal Defense 101 is rallying the partisan base. This keeps approval ratings in territory where the wheels don't start falling off. The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don't let up. If you're always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong. Anyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.” IfsWayTryingWarFallHouseGoalPresidentWhiteDecisionAchieveRepublicanNegativeDemocratCriticalDefenseDebateTerroristBitterWheelsWhite HouseTerritoryApprovalComponentsScandalAttackingRatingPartisansFalling OffLegalityAccusersRallyingApproval RatingEnablers Author:Bob Barr
“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
“The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still surging. He is basically killing them all.” StillsPastPresidentTrumpRepublicanKillingCandidatesEstablishmentSailingPolls Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“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
“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 think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.” ThinkingWantHas BeensFactsPresidentClearSpecialPositionRepublicanCriticismBarackAggressiveTroopsSyriaSpecial Ops Author:Juan Williams
“Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it's better to keep jobs in America than let them go to Mexico.” JobsAmericaPresidentRepublicanDemocraticMexicoSuppositionJobs In America Author:Paul Bloom
“The charade of politics is to make voters think that the personal narrative of the candidate affects the operation of the corporate state. It doesn't really matter on the fundamental issues whether the President is Republican or Democratic.” ThinkingMatterStatesPresidentIssuesRepublicanFundamentalsDemocraticCorporateNarrativeOperationsCandidatesVotersCharades Author:Chris Hedges
“The Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, I want to improve it. I want to build on it, get the costs down, get prescription drug costs down. Senator Sanders wants us to start all over again. This was a major achievement of President [Barack] Obama, of our country. It is helping people right now.” PeopleWantCountryHelpingCarePresidentRepublicanRight NowCostDrugAchievementMajorsOur CountryBarackSenatorsWant UHelping PeopleAffordablePrescriptionsPresident Barack ObamaPrescription DrugsAffordable Care Act Author:Hillary Clinton
“We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.” DoneTogetherPresidentProgressRepublicanDemocratThings Done Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that I am the person who can do all aspects of the job. I think I'm the person best prepared to take the case to the Republicans. And I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much electability. It is who the American people can believe can keep them safe, can get the economy moving again, can get incomes rising, can build on the progressive accomplishments of President [Barack] Obama.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsEndsJobsMovingPresidentCan DoCasesEconomyRepublicanSafeAspectPreparedIncomeBarackAccomplishmentRisingThe End Of The DayProgressivePresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“Here is a needle President Obama needs to thread if he chooses a ninth. The nominee would need to be so strongly qualified that he or she would be hard to reject. The person must also be willing to be nominated even though leading Senate Republicans have said they will not consider anyone the president names.” IfsNeedsPersonsSaidHardWould BeNamesPresidentWillingRepublicanCourtSupremeRejectsPresident ObamaSenateThreadSupreme CourtQualifiedNeedles Author:Steve Inskeep
“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
“What we need in Washington now is a strong Republican president who knows how to govern.” KnowsNeedsStrongPresidentKnow HowRepublican Author:Chris Christie
“I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.” ThinkingWorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpRepublicanConcernedMajorityMainstreamRecessionsDangerous World Author:Mitt Romney
“The Republican candidates clashed on terrorism, immigration and foreign policy in their fifth debate.They all said President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton have not kept America safe.” SaidAmericaPresidentPolicyRepublicanSafeClintonTerrorismDebateImmigrationBarackCandidatesForeign PolicyFifthPresident Barack Obama Author:Renee Montagne
“Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president.” SelfFactsPresidentTrumpRepublicanAppealsRacistFascists Author:Martin O'Malley
“God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.” UsePresidentKingsRepublicanTaxesDemocratPriestsBusinessmanCollectors Author:Shane Claiborne
“Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.” LawCoursesPresidentRepublicanDemocraticAbove The Law Author:Patrick Leahy
“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
“I've had more than a few battles with a Republican president. ... I am not immune [to] disagreeing with people who otherwise I support.” PeoplePresidentSupportRepublicanBattleImmune Author:Mike Pence
“I think the liberals are going to try to blame - and they already are - this entire mess on the right and on President [George W.] Bush. I think Republicans dropped the ball on actually articulating why we got into this economic mess, but it's not too late.” ThinkingTryingPresidentEconomicRepublicanLateBallsBlameMessToo LatePresident George W BushArticulating Author:Andrea Tantaros
“My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge.” StatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHugeTrumpRepublicanFellowsUnited States Of America Author:Mike Pence
“When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveYoungPresidentPovertyRightsCollegeLike YouMonthsCoupleRepublicanDecidedCivil RightsVotingCampsJohnsonRight To VoteEnding PovertyOff To CollegePresident Johnson Author:Hillary Clinton
“Interestingly enough, if you search Twitter, you'd see I have been saying this for 3-plus years now. I cannot believe we are now in this position that Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for President. That he is in this position.” IfsYearsBelieveHas BeensEnoughPresidentPositionTrumpRepublicanPlus Author:Chrissy Teigen
“Donald Trump is taking flak from the media, establishment republicans and all the democrats for merely stating the obvious and the truth: Vladimir Putin is much more of a leader than President Obama.” PresidentLeaderMediaTrumpRepublicanDemocratObviousPresident ObamaEstablishmentPutinStating The Obvious Author:Ted Nugent
“It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for president that has been offered by the Republican party. Such people seem to be motivated only by short-sighted greed, ignorance, fear and hatred.” PeopleHumansHas BeensSeemsCausesPresidentPartyRaceIgnoranceRepublicanMembersHatredVoteShameSpeciesGreedHuman RaceCandidatesMotivatedRepublican PartyShort Sighted Author:Allen W. Wood
“I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U.N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.” FirstsTogetherPresidentIssuesRecordsMinutesSecurityRepublicanMajorsStrategyDemocratIsraelFriendlyResolutionTruman Author:Shimon Peres
“Part of it is eight years of a black president, and white America still lost their [minds] about that. Part of it is a Republican politics of vicious, vicious partisan [stuff] that has completely poisoned what we would call the political rhetorical sphere. All of these things come together in a perfect storm.” YearsMindStillsTogetherAmericaPoliticalLostStuffBlackPresidentWhitePerfectRepublicanEightStormSpheresViciousPartisansRhetoricalPerfect Storm Author:Junot Diaz
“For me, the battle isn't Hillary [Clinton] vs. [Bernie] Sanders. And I understand that for some people that's the battle. But for me, more than anything, it's stopping a Republican president.” PeoplePresidentRepublicanBattleClintonStopping Author:Junot Diaz
“With prior Republican nominees for president, I disagreed with them on politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald Trump is different.” DifferentPresidentPrinciplesPolicyTrumpRepublican Author:Hillary Clinton
“After 9/11, I went to work with Republican mayor, governor and president to rebuild New York and to get health care for our first responders who were suffering because they had run toward danger and gotten sickened by it. Hundreds of thousands of National Guard and Reserve members have health care because of work that I did, and children have safer medicines because I was able to pass a law that required the dosing to be more carefully done.” FirstsChildrenDoneCareRunningAbleLawSufferingPresidentDangerNew YorkRepublicanMembersMedicineHealth CareGovernorsReservesMayorsNational Guard Author:Hillary Clinton
“Democrats, Republicans, independents, people across America. If you don't vote for me, I still want to be your president.” PeopleIfsWantStillsAmericaPresidentRepublicanVoteDemocratVote For Me Author:Hillary Clinton
“[President] needs to engage them in a very personal way. And he needs to tell them that this is something that America, the United States of America, needs. Not Republican. It's not Democrat. It's America.” WayNeedsStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRepublicanDemocratUnited States Of America Author:John Kasich
“If elected, Hillary Clinton will be the least popular president to be elected in modern history. So there's going to be very little incentive on the part of Republicans to work with her.” IfsLittlesPresidentModernRepublicanClintonIncentivesModern History Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.” KnowsMeanDoeGovernmentPresidentPolicyRepublicanAgreeDemocratBarackPresident Barack ObamaI Like Him Author:Jamie Dimon
“Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .” WantGivingSidesPresidentStreetsWallRepublicanDemocrat Author:Jamie Dimon