Political Quotes

“I believe and in fact have been telling people in Michigan that there is a new day, that since September 11 we have come together. Yes, we have differences in priorities. We are Americans. Under the Constitution, we have a right, an obligation, to give our point of view. There will be differences. The personal attacks, the vicious partisan attacks that we have heard recently are just the same old thing we have seen for too long around here. People don't want to see that happening. I will not question someone's patriotism. I will not say because they differ with my thoughts that there is nothing between their ears or that they are somehow a child who wants a recess and that they are a third grader--whatever the comments were last week. Those kinds of things, frankly, demean all of us. That is my concern. We have a lot of work to do in this next couple of weeks. People expect us to be focused on their needs and on the needs of the country, the safety of the country, the economy.”