“Tom DeLay himself has never been the issue. DeLay is a symptom of a larger disease?a sick Republican culture of corruption that touches everyone who took his dirty money, voted for his corrupt leadership, or sat silently while their party has sold our government to the highest bidder.” GovernmentCulturePartyIssuesRepublicanDiseaseHighestSickCorruptionDirtySatTomsDelaySymptomsDirty Money Author:Howard Dean
“The fact is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who, during his campaign, once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried out abortions.” SaidStatesFactsMightUnitedUnited StatesRepublicanConservativeCampaignsAbortionAppropriateFriendlySenateTomsPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Barack Obama
“For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may not remember me showing up here in 2005 when John Kerry had lost a close election, Tom Daschle, the leader of the Senate, had been beaten in an upset. Ken Salazar and I were the only two Democrats that won nationally. Republicans controlled the Senate and the House, and two years later, Democrats were winning back Congress, and four years later I was President of the United States.” TryingYearsMayTwoStatesFeelingsRememberHouseWinningLostPresidentUnitedLeaderUnited StatesFourRepublicanSpeechElectionDemocratCongressUpsetTwo YearsControlledFour YearsSenateTomsBeatenBostonDiscouragedShowing UpRemember MeJohn Kerry Author:Barack Obama
“It is interesting that liberals don't mind a strong faith at all. When it's their guy with a strong faith - whether it's Jimmy Carter or Woodrow Wilson or Harry Truman - that's just great. FDR inscribing Bibles and sending them to the troops. God bless him! But when a Republican president cites Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher, as George W. Bush did on a famous occasion, then, well, the liberals cry out that [Tomás de] Torquemada is on the loose and warn gravely of the coming Inquisition.” MindWellsGuyJesusStrongPresidentChristInterestingCryRepublicanJesus ChristPhilosopherOccasionsBlessTomsTroopsJimmyCarterGod BlessWilsonInquisitionCitingTrumanStrong FaithHarry Truman Author:Paul Kengor
“[Tom Cotton] is seen as a real rising star in the Republican Party. He`s the youngest member of the United States Senate, routinely described as an up and comer.” RealStatesStarsUnitedPartyUnited StatesRepublicanMembersRisingSenateTomsRepublican PartyCotton Author:Rachel Maddow
“[Tom Cotton] is known for his efforts to scale back legal immigration. Legal. He wants to stop legal immigrants from coming to this country. That`s very popular in Republican politics .” WantCountryEffortKnownRepublicanScalesImmigrationImmigrantsTomsCottonVery PopularLegal Immigration Author:Rachel Maddow
“Senator [Tom] Cotton and his fellow lawmakers are back in D.C. and Republicans are split, they are divided about what to do with the repeal to feel Affordable Care Act. That`s topic that Senator Cotton was really berated for at that town hall event that almost did not happen.” FeelsHappensCareEventsRepublicanTownsFellowsHallsDividedSplitsTomsSenatorsTopicsAffordableCottonLawmakersAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“Two committees in the house were up all night long trying to get a version of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act passed. House Republicans are just fighting tooth and nail to pass it in the House, to try to get it into the Senate, to try to make it then so that the Senate will get on board. But you know who one of the Republican senators is who`s not on board with this anymore? Senator Tom Cotton.” KnowsTryingLongTwoCareNightFightingHouseRepublicanTeethVersionsBoardsSenateTomsNailsSenatorsCommitteesAll NightAffordableCottonUp All NightAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now says, despite these marathon all-night sessions going on in the House, Republicans need to do better, they need to start over, they need to come up with something that the Senate says will actually reduce prices for insurance and keep it affordable.” NeedsCareNightHouseRepublicanCome UpDespiteSenateTomsSenatorsMarathonSessionAll NightStarting OverObamacareAffordableJanuaryCottonAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow