“Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.” PartyLeaderVictoryRepublicanTeaRidingCowboyTea PartyStallions Author:Ron Fournier
“If there were a generic one-word expression for 'one whose fear of the uncertainties of success moves him to surrender at the very moment of victory', it would be 'Republican'.” IfsMomentsWould BeMovingExpressionVictoryRepublicanSurrenderUncertaintyOne WordGeneric Author:L. Neil Smith
“Married women vote Republican; single women vote Democratic. That's why liberals promote policies to break up families. Every social malady is a victory for the left. A couple gets divorced and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!" A child is born out of wedlock and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!" A person gets addicted to drugs and liberals say, "Yay! Another Democratic voter!"” ChildrenPersonsLeftSocialBornBreakPolicyCoupleVictoryRepublicanDrugMarriedVoteDemocraticVotersDivorcedMaladySingle WomenMarried WomenWedlockYay Author:Ann Coulter
“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
“Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.” YoungVictoryRepublicanDemocraticRageJournalistMemos Author:David Brooks
“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a soundcurrency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.” IfsPoliticalSufferingResultsPartyBuildingVictoryRepublicanSouthDefeatAdministrationReformEtcExecutivesPolitical PartiesPublic LifeLegislatureBuilding UpGreat VictoryCivil Service Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory.” PeopleBelievePoliticalInterestPartyVictoryRepublicanDon't BelieveDesperateExploitationPolitical PartiesNational Interests Author:Margaret Chase Smith
“Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.” WayWantMovingVictoryRepublicanTaxesOkayElectionCaliforniaHikingImpressiveHolding OnSchwarzeneggerLandslides Author:Fred Barnes
“It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a host of issues, who has a very similar record, is not the path to victory. And if we come together, if conservatives stand together, we're going to have a great night on Tuesday.” IfsTogetherNightPathIssuesRecordsVictoryRepublicanAgreeClintonCandidatesHostTuesdayGreat NightNominating Author:Ted Cruz
“I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats. I don't know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they'll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.” KnowsWayTryingDoeHandsPartyVictoryRepublicanHappeningsElectionDemocratDefeatRepublican Party Author:Benjamin Carson
“This is a critical time in American history. [Donald's Trump] strength is willingness to stand up to political conventions, take on Republican and Democrat leaders, and, in effect, do so in defense of the legitimate interest of people who make less than median income in America, is the key to victory.” PeopleAmericaPoliticalInterestLeaderEffectsKeysTrumpVictoryRepublicanDemocratCriticalDefenseIncomeWillingnessConventionsAmerican HistoryMedian Author:Jeff Sessions
“They [the Democrat Party] owed her everything. Hillary Clinton preserved the Democrat Party. She preserved the Bill Clinton career, meaning she preserved the Bill Clinton presidency, which meant that she preserved eight to ten years of constant victory over the Republicans and over conservatives. They betrayed her on a moment's notice.” YearsMomentsPartyCareersVictoryRepublicanTenBillsConstantClintonDemocratEightPresidencyBetrayed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I will support whoever is nominated and named by the party. I, at this time, don't plan to get involved in the contest and let it go forward. I had my own contest, it didn't result in victory, and I will let voters decide what will happen. But I will support the Republican candidate.” HappensMy OwnResultsPartySupportPlansVictoryInvolvedRepublicanCandidatesVotersContestsGet InvolvedLet It Go Author:Marco Rubio
“Back in March, before Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a group of national security heavyweights signed an open letter that called Trump fundamentally dishonest and utterly unfit for the presidency. Now, two days after Trump's victory, some in the national security establishment are wondering whether to return to the fold.” TwoPresidentWonderGroupsSecurityReturnTrumpVictoryRepublicanLettersMarchEstablishmentPresidencyNational SecurityFoldsTwo DaysSecuredNominationsHeavyweights Author:Ari Shapiro
“I think the Republican tax law is so bad that it almost guarantees a Republican victory, precisely because it's so bad. The seeming irony is that it's so bad that it enables the Democratic Party to think, "A-ha, all we have to do is be the lesser evil.” ThinkingEvilPartyVictoryRepublicanTaxesDemocraticIronyDemocratic Party Author:Michael Hudson
“Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban, but war against the GOP. He has Republicans on the ropes, and that's a victory he savors and desires - unlike Afghanistan, where he seems only to want to turn tail.” WantWarSeemsCareDesireTurnsVictoryRepublicanAfghanistanTailsRopeIrresponsibleUnprecedentedTalibanPentagonGopMeltdowns Author:John Podhoretz
“I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.” ThinkingStatesPresidentHurtIssuesPositionVictoryRepublicanImmigrationPresident ObamaMexicoRomneyMarginsExtremistArizonaColoradoNevadaNew Mexico Author:Bill Richardson
“The Republican path to victory is compromised when gay Americans are perceived as being attacked for just being how God created them.” PathVictoryRepublicanGayJust Being Author:Reince Priebus
“If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it's healthy for a country to have millions and millions of undocumented noncitizens living in the shadows. But it'll also be a sign that the Republican Party has gotten tired of letting the Tea Party push it around.” IfsBelieveCountryBigsPartyMillionsVictoryHealthyRepublicanShadowTiredImmigrationReformTeaSanityRepublican PartyTea PartyImmigration Reform Author:Gail Collins
“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.” WantPoliticalPoliticsFearPartyFourIgnoranceVictoryRepublicanBigotryRepublican PartySlanderCalumnyHorsemenFour HorsemenPolitical Victory Author:Margaret Chase Smith