Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have had a good and healthy debate today. I think we have hit upon a few points. We may have even hit a couple points more than once. When we think about it and put it in perspective, so many of the battles we have up here are battles that I think the American public is sometimes disgusted with. They see a lot of things we do as petty and partisan. Sometimes I see disagreements up here that I think are completely partisan and completely petty on both sides. But I think this issue is different in the sense that this is not about this particular individual and his nomination. I have actually voted for the President's first three nominations to his Cabinet. So I have not taken a partisan position that the President cannot nominate his political appointees. I have looked carefully at the nominees. I have asked for more information. I have tried to extend debate on some of the nominees. But in the end, I voted for three out of three and many of the judges that the President has put forward, not necessarily because I agree with their politics. I do not agree with much of the President's politics. In fact, one of the few things I did agree with the President on was the idea of civil liberties, was the idea that you do not tap someone's phone without a wire, without a warrant, that you do not torture Americans, and that you did not kill Americans without due process. These are things I thought the President and I agreed on.…”