“I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just view myself as an American.” GivingTryingViewsInvolvedPoliticianRepublicanRight NowDemocratGet InvolvedGiving Money Author:David Rubenstein
“There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for President, but they didn't. I think Mitt Romney would be a fine President, and he'd be way better than the guy who's there right now.” PeopleThinkingWayWould BeRunningGuyWishPresidentFineRepublicanRight NowRomney Author:Marco Rubio
“Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.” Has BeensSeemsHousePartyRepublicanRight NowTeaTea Party Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about that and realize that compromise is not evil.” PeopleNeedsReasonEvilRealizingRepublicanRight NowDemocratPatientCompromiseDefeatedModeratesBe PatientGoverning Author:Barack Obama
“Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to the stake. . .” PeopleThinkingShouldHumansSacrificeRepublicanRight NowNervesStakesVogue Author:Mary McGrory
“Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.” ThinkingYearsImportantLastsPoliticalFightingThreePoliticsWinningCan DoCommunityLeadershipJusticePartyPrinciplesFourPolicyColorVictoryRepublicanRight NowQuietElectionImportant ThingsStrategyUnitySignificantIdeologyVotingPalePolitical PartiesPartisanshipGood YearsPastel Author:Ted Cruz
“Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now, with our overall crime rate and incarceration rate both falling, we're at a moment when some good people in both parties, Republicans and Democrats and folks all across the country, are coming up with ideas to make the system work smarter and better.” PeopleYearsIdeasCountryMomentsLastsFallJusticePartyCrimeRepublicanRight NowDemocratRateFolksCriminalsGood PeopleSmarterJustice SystemCriminal JusticeIncarcerationCriminal Justice SystemCrime Rates Author:Barack Obama
“The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.” WantLibertyPiecesMovementRepublicanRight NowExcitement Author:Gary Johnson
“I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I mean that's what they're selling.” IfsWantMeanPartyWonderCuttingRepublicanRight NowTaxesSellingTortureRepublican PartyTax CutsBranded Author:Chris Matthews
“It looks to me like the Republican Party`s in no mood to give them [voters] a reasonable choice with this clown show going on right now from the likes of, well, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump. What a duo.” GivingWellsLooksShowsChoicesPartyTrumpRepublicanRight NowMoodLikesReasonableRepublican PartyClownNewtsDuos Author:Chris Matthews
“I thought the Wall Street Journal quote, they got a guy in Iowa to say I think exactly where I think this race is right now for a lot Republicans. He said, "Nobody in Iowa wants [Donald]Trump for president. But everybody in Iowa wants somebody like Trump for president." That's what you need.” ThinkingWantNeedsSaidGuyPresidentRaceStreetsWallTrumpRepublicanRight NowJournalIowaWall Street Journal Author:Dalia Mogahed
“I will say that Bernie Sanders are the opposite end of the spectrum from Donald Trump. We see him leading right now in the Republican Party in an intractable way.” WayEndsPartyTrumpRepublicanRight NowOppositesRepublican PartySpectrum Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.” PartyRepublicanRight NowConservativeRepublican PartyPopulist Author:Mara Liasson
“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
“I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.” PeopleIfsWantBookWholeWinningSidesListeningRepublicanRight NowRaisesDemocratBarackCorporationsEmployeeFrustratedBoth SidesCommunicatorsNprPlaybooks Author:Frank Luntz
“Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.” ThinkingMindTwoTrumpRepublicanRight NowDemocraticClintonTheme Author:David Brooks
“The Republicans are... there is a small [Donald] Trump remnant, which is going over the cliff right now.” TrumpRepublicanRight NowCliffsRemnants Author:Jill Stein
“The two majority candidates right now, the Democratic and Republican candidates,[Donald] Trump and [Hillary] Clinton, are the most disliked and untrusted Presidential candidates in our history with more than majority disapproval.” TwoTrumpRepublicanRight NowMajorityDemocraticClintonPresidentialCandidatesPresidential CandidateDisapproval Author:Jill Stein
“Right now what my job is, and I think the job of Democrats and Republicans, is to protect the middle class and working families of this country from some devastating ideas that [Donald] Trump has proposed.” ThinkingIdeasCountryJobsClassMiddleTrumpRepublicanRight NowProtectDemocratMiddle Class Author:John Lewis
“Right now, what my job is - pardon me? Those are just words. Right now, what my - my job is right now going beyond media conflicts and words is to say that Donald Trump, among other things, told the American people he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and right now Republicans in the House and Senate are doing just that.” PeopleJobsHouseSocialCuttingSecurityMediaTrumpRepublicanRight NowConflictSenateSocial SecurityPardonMedicareMedicaidPardon MeMedicare And Medicaid Author:John Lewis
“Those are things that we're going to be discussing over the next several weeks. But certainly ObamaCare is something that isn't very popular around the country. In fact, it's like an 80/20 issue right now for Republicans. It's not working. People aren't choosing their doctor. They're not keeping their health care. Premiums are not going down, they're going up.” PeopleCountryFactsCareNextIssuesWeekRepublicanRight NowDoctorsHealth CareObamacareDiscussingVery Popular Author:Reince Priebus
“To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the structure of the system is such where it makes it really hard for people to work together.” PeopleHardTogetherAbilityCommonRepublicanRight NowMajorityStructureDemocratWorking TogetherGoverningCommon Ground Author:Barack Obama
“This isn't Republican versus Democrat. This is not right versus left right now. This is not conservative versus populist. This is globalist, America-is-not-first establishment versus those of us who believe America is first. This is an establishment/anti-establishment fight that's going on.” FirstsBelieveAmericaFightingLeftRepublicanRight NowDemocratConservativeEstablishmentVersusPopulist Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My goal right now is to actually help Donald Trump. He's the Republican president. He's doing a lot of things that conservatives are for. I'm for. And so my goal is to help Kentucky by repealing regulations that are killing our coal industry. And I think on that, we're very much aligned.” ThinkingHelpingGoalPresidentIndustryTrumpRepublicanRight NowKillingRegulationCoalKentuckyRepealing Author:Rand Paul
“Franklin Roosevelt ran on a balanced budget in 1932, and the greatest president, certainly, of the 20th century. So the idea that you lay out a predicate right now, Donald Trump has recreated the Republican Party in his image.” IdeasPresidentPartyCenturyTrumpRepublicanRight NowLaysBudgetsRanBalancedRepublican Party20th CenturyFranklinBalanced Budget Author:Mark Shields
“What`s going to happen, really on one issue specifically, to their health care, among some other things. And right now, Republicans don`t have any legislative details or much in the way of answers, yet.” WayHappensCareAnswersIssuesRepublicanRight NowDetailsHealth Care Author:Chuck Todd
“I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out.” NeedsYearsWellsHas BeensLastsPartyEnvironmentIndustryRepublicanRight NowDemocratPhasesRepublican PartyCoal Author:Ted Turner