“I don't think that Mitt Romney can legitimately say that he learned anything about how to create jobs in the LBO (leveraged buyout) business. The LBO business is about how to strip cash out of old, long-in-the-tooth companies and how to make short-term profits. All the jobs that he talks about came from Staples. That was a very early venture stage deal. That, you know they got out of long before it got to its current size.” ThinkingKnowsLongJobsTermDealsCompanyStageRepublicanSizeProfitCurrentsTeethCashVentureShort TermRomneyStaples Author:David Stockman
“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“You know, when I made a series of overtures to the Republicans, going over to meet with both Republican caucuses, you know, putting three Republicans in my cabinet -- something that is unprecedented -- making sure that they were invited here to the White House to talk about the economic recovery plan, all those were not designed simply to get some short-term votes. They were designed to try to build up some trust over time. And I think that, as I continue to make these overtures, over time, hopefully that will be reciprocated.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMadeThreeHouseTermWhitePlansEconomicRepublicanVoteSeriesRecoveryHopefullyWhite HouseInvitedShort TermCabinetsUnprecedentedCaucusEconomic Recovery Author:Barack Obama
“I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.” ThinkingBelieveKindPersonsGovernmentIndividualStrongI BelieveTermLibertyGroupsRepublicanConservativeCommittedDefenseVery StrongIndividual LibertyNational DefenseSmall Government Author:Condoleezza Rice
“In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.” LostTermRepublicanSevenCongressRanIncumbents Author:Jerry McNerney
“Republicans in Congress are getting concerned that President Obama will try to use the final year of his term to push through too many controversial laws. Obama would've responded but he was busy drafting his new 'mandatory Mexican gay weed' bill.” TryingYearsUseLawPresidentTermRepublicanGayConcernedBillsFinalsBusyCongressWeedPresident ObamaMexicanControversialDrafting Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party....Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What's, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We're going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here... It is a racist thing.” MenLooksDoeCountryBlackTermPartyPolicyRepublicanTeaRacistRepublican PartyScrewsWhatever It Takes Author:Morgan Freeman
“In today's Republican Party, there's a term for people who hate charity and love killing: 'Christian.'” PeopleTodayChristianHateTermPartyRepublicanAnd LoveCharityKillingRepublican PartyCharity And Love Author:Bill Maher
“I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.” FirstsTwoWholeFatherTermSonPromiseRepublicanRepeatsI Promise Author:John F. Kerry
“I think is interesting is that term is so pejorative or understood to be so pejorative and there`s a real difference between how Republicans, it seems to me, think of that and how Democrats do. I don`t think Democrats feel as negatively about the Democratic Party establishment as Republicans do feel about their party`s establishment.” ThinkingFeelsRealSeemsTermDifferencesInterestingPartyRepublicanUnderstoodDemocraticDemocratEstablishmentDemocratic Party Author:Chris Hayes
“The former secretary of State is the nominee. She is also the Willie Sutton of classified data. And there is going to be a long-term effort of Republicans, whether it's Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, to paint her into the corner.” LongStatesTermEffortTrumpRepublicanPaintCornersFormerDataLong TermSecretaryCruzMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“I think the establishment donor class has begun to crumble. They`re searching for [Marco] Rubio, trying to get some momentum there. But the establishment in terms of the official elected leadership of the Republican Party, when you look at [Kevin] McCarthy, they`re starting to wrap theirselves around the idea of [Donald] Trump, holding back on an endorsement.” ThinkingTryingLooksIdeasTermPartyClassTrumpRepublicanStartingOfficialsEstablishmentRepublican PartyWrapsMomentumKevinDonorsMarcosEndorsementsHolding Back Author:Ted Cruz
“A new poll out taken by a Republican group that shows most Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism. Those terms don't mean what they did maybe 40, 50 years ago.” YearsMeanShowsTermTakenGroupsRepublicanCapitalismYears AgoDemocratSocialismPolls Author:Chris Matthews
“I think what it really means is a recognition that Donald Trump has the potential to take over the Republican Party and change it into something that`s very different than what it`s been in the past. I don`t just mean in terms of tone. I mean in terms of policy, I mean in terms of every respect.” ThinkingMeanDifferentPastTermPartyPolicyTrumpRepublicanRecognitionToneRepublican PartyReally Mean Author:Ben Domenech
“I think this is a moment where Donald Trump recognized the Republican establishment was much weaker, the party leaders were much weaker than they thought they were in terms of being able to dictate any outcomes.” ThinkingMomentsAbleTermPartyLeaderTrumpRepublicanOutcomesEstablishment Author:Ben Domenech
“It's comprised of both Republicans and Democrats and their membership in this club known as the establishment, party affiliation is second or third in terms of your qualifications to be in the club.” TermPartyKnownRepublicanThirdsDemocratClubsEstablishmentQualificationsMembershipAffiliation Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What is happening to Donald Trump in terms of the way he's being reported on and cast with the media is the way every Republican presidential candidate has been treated in my life.” WayHas BeensTermMediaTrumpRepublicanHappeningsCastsTreatedPresidentialCandidatesPresidential Candidate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.” IfsKindPersonsSaidSocialTermViewsMomDadRepublicanUnderstoodRoseWorkersUniversityMy DadMy MomBarackPostsVotingMainstreamModeratesCabinetsMichiganSocial WorkerBusiness PersonDwightDwight EisenhowerUniversity Of MichiganVoting Republican Author:Bill Ayers
“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
“We have 24 states where Republicans run both of them. But in terms of a liberal project that people feel they can sign on to, that feels that it speaks to everyone in the country, that speaks to what we share and the principles we hold, Republicans have developed a message for all of that, you know?” PeopleKnowsFeelsCountryStatesRunningSpeakTermPrinciplesShareRepublicanProjectsMessages Author:Steve Inskeep
“I think it does because if you think of where "The Daily Show" was when I inherited it from Jon Stewart, I was in a space where, essentially, everything seemed like it was on track, you know, in terms of - from a progressive point of view, you know, you're looking at Republicans who, yes, were in control of many facets of government.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeShowsGovernmentTermSpaceViewsRepublicanTrackPoint Of ViewProgressiveFacetsDaily Show Author:Trevor Noah
“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
“I do think [Barack Obama's] strategy for re-election is so misguided. He's counting on the Republicans to self-destruct, and they might, you know, but they might not. So he might be a one-term president.” ThinkingKnowsSelfMightPresidentTermRepublicanElectionStrategyBarackCountingMisguidedSelf Destruct Author:Bill Ayers
“You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But then I think conservatives may win in some areas, too - tax reform. So it's just - it's an enormously exciting time in terms of the possibilities.” ThinkingMayWinningTermPartyIssuesPossibilityTrumpRepublicanTaxesAreasExcitingReformRepublican PartyTax Reform Author:Margaret Hoover
“Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak in terms of a zero-sum world, or speak in terms of America's purpose as no more than grabbing the largest share possible in the short run, goes against our foreign policy tradition that goes back to 1900, really.” WorldRunningAmericaPurposeSpeakTermPartyRolesSharePolicyRepublicanTraditionZeroForeign PolicyGoverningGrabbing Author:Daniel Fried
“Look, I'm a conservative, I'm a very conservative guy, and - and the Trump campaign is making your job over at NBC really, really, really easy in terms of going after conservatives and Republicans if he's the standard bearer for conservatism.” IfsLooksJobsGuyEasyTermTrumpRepublicanStandardsConservativeCampaignsConservatismNbc Author:Ben Shapiro