Political Quotes

“Mr. President, after 5 years of being a parent, I have gotten used to temper tantrums. It is an unavoidable part of having kids. They demand something--they want a second dessert, they want another 10 minutes before bedtime--and if they don't get it, they storm out of the room. That aspect of early human nature--the inability to deal with defeat and the unwillingness to compromise--luckily goes away over time as we get older and wiser and more thoughtful--everywhere except for Washington, DC. By now everybody gets what is going on. As Senator Durbin said, we are only a handful of hours away from a government shutdown--another manufactured, made-up, totally avoidable crisis. This one is just because we can't pass a 6-month continuing resolution. We are having a problem just keeping the government open under the exact same rules that it has been open because a small set of tea party Senators and Congressmen are basically throwing a temper tantrum because they haven't gotten their way. It is not news to anybody that Republicans oppose the health care law. They opposed it back when it was passed by both Chambers and signed by the President. They opposed it when the Supreme Court upheld the legislation. Their Presidential candidate opposed it when he got roundly defeated in the 2012 election. My opponent and the opponent of every single Senator who stood for election who voted for the law opposed it as well, and every single time they lost.…”