Political Quotes

“I dare say if you go to Missouri, Illinois, North Dakota, South Carolina, Georgia, or Minnesota and take the average person on the street and ask them: ``Where in the list of priorities in your life is the fact that 4 judges out of 172 nominated by President Bush have not been approved,'' my guess is they are going to say: I didn't even know that. Is that a big problem? In fact, this morning's Washington Post has an interesting story about what we are doing here, this made-for-TV filibuster. They say: The greatest deliberative body shows what it does best-- talk itself silly. That is the Washington Post this morning. They refer to filibuster buttons--we have them on both sides of the aisle--filibuster T-shirts, and filibuster bingo games. I am glad they didn't disclose the identity of this man, but they went out and asked one of our Capitol Police officers what he thought about this marathon debate.”