Politics, Political Parties and Bipartisanship
“I think he can get his reputation back. I don’t know where he goes to get his legal fees back.”
- Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Washington Post, Apr. 2, 2009. Bennett discussed former Sen. Ted Stevens and his fight to overturn his felony convictions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040104171.html
“Fundraising stories don’t interest me that much.”
Tim Kaine, Democratic National Committee Chairman, CNN.com, Mar. 25, 2009. Kaine discussed DNC’s lack of fundraising in February 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/obama.fundraising/index.html
“From just a few feet away, I could see in his body language that the normally calm and cool president was perturbed.”
- Ed Henry, CNN Senior White House Correspondent. CNN.com, Mar. 25, 2009. Henry commented on being spoken down to by the President after questioning him on his response to AIG.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/henry.obama/index.html
“But it’s fun to gamble and like any good quarterback (though I was never athletic enough to actually play the position), I decided to call an audible.”
- Ed Henry, CNN’s senior White House correspondent, CNN.com, Mar. 25, 2009. Henry recounts what was going through his head when he asked Obama about the delay in his response to the AIG bonuses. The question elicited a sharp response from Obama.
“President Obama has successfully established himself as the hippest politician around. You know you’re big when Katy Perry wears a dress with your face on it to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. To my fellow Republicans: I’m sorry, I wish I could be more positive about the current ‘hipness’ of our party. But being a Republican is about as edgy as Donny Osmond.”
- Meghan McCain, Sen. John McCain’s daughter, The Daily Beast, Mar. 9, 2009. Meghan McCain blogged about negative stereotypes of Republicans, later blaming Ann Coulter.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-09/my-beef-with-ann-coulter/
“The Republican Party – if Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh are going to be the leaders of the party again – that’s not healthy for the party. They can’t be looking backwards. They can’t be caught in the 90s.”
- Chuck Todd, NBC News White House Correspondent, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Mar. 2, 2009. Todd said that the Republican party needed to distance itself from older leaders who are not in touch with today’s society.
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2009/03/04/video-msnbcs-chuck-todd-says-its-not-healthy-for-limbaugh-and-gingrich-to-be-leaders-of-the-gop/
“At this point, my biggest aphrodisiac is an apathetic attitude toward politics.”
- Meghan McCain, Sen. John McCain’s daughter, The Daily Beast, Mar. 2, 2009. McCain responded to a series of bad dates in which the conversation centered solely around her father’s presidential campaign.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-02/looking-for-mr-far-right/2/