“Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!” IfsPoliticalBornPoorPartySuccessfulRepublicanImpulsePurityPatriotRepublican PartyPolitical Parties Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life
“Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans dont like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses.” Has BeensBigsGovernmentThreeSuccessfulRepublicanUnionsCorporationsSmall BusinessThree ThingsBig GovernmentBig Corporations Author:Andy Stern
“The white backlash has been at work for a long time. It's been part and parcel of the Republican Party for the last 25 years or so, and it's been highly successful up until Barack Obama was ingeniously able to come up with strategies to deal with it.” YearsLongHas BeensAbleLastsWhiteDealsPartySuccessfulRepublicanLong TimeStrategyCome UpBarackRepublican PartyBacklashParcel Author:Cornel West
“The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well.” PeopleGivingWellsMaySuccessfulRepublicanSpeechAngryCreditBrilliantBarackBeing SuccessfulDisagreeJumpingTucson Author:Frank Luntz
“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
“Just the thought of anybody saying that Obama was the one who divided us when the Republican leadership started out saying we're going to block everything he tries to do - and they were very successful at that, but they couldn't keep him from doing everything. So thank God for his hard work.” TryingHardSuccessfulHard WorkRepublicanBlockDividedThank God Author:Jolene Ivey
“When we look at the Trump candidacy or we look at any Republican candidacy for the presidency that's been successful, they tend to win by the margin of black and brown and poor people and immigrants who do not vote.” PeopleLooksWinningBlackPoorSuccessfulTrumpRepublicanVoteBrownImmigrantsPresidencyPoor PeopleMarginsCandidacy Author:Marc Lamont Hill
“If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're all looking down on you, they don't care about you. They're just trying to help out their various special interest constituencies," that argument ends up being successful.” IfsTryingEndsHelpingCareInterestCitiesSuccessfulSpecialRepublicanArgumentVariousDon't CareBeing SuccessfulExploitsSpecial InterestsLooking Down Author:Barack Obama