Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady. This is an exhilarating day for a lot of reasons, and many of us have poured our hearts and souls into this. I have argued that even when you are surrounded and there isn't hope, it is no time to give up because you never know when the cavalry is going to come over the hill. Well, they came over the hill in Massachusetts today. There was a fellow that gave up, though, and I think it is important to put this into the Congressional Record. [From the Washington Times] Bookie Pays Off Early, Predicts Brown Win (By Joseph Curl) Boston On Monday, an Irish bookie paid off bettors who had wagered that state Sen. Scott Brown, a conservative Republican, would win the special election for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat held for nearly 50 years by liberal Democratic icon Edward M. Kennedy. ``Enough is enough. It seems that Senator Brown just has to get out of bed tomorrow to win convincingly. As far as we're concerned, this race is well and truly over,'' said Paddy Power, Ireland's largest bookmaker, 24 hours before the actual election.”