Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, with whom I have served in this Congress for 33 years, I have never seen anything like it. I have never seen anything like it. I disagreed with President Bush so very much on what he was doing to our country, but I would never ever have considered anything even close to this. The only thing I can figure out is what I said. The dislike of the President is so intense by the Republican leaders that this is what they are doing. They can't accept the fact that this good man, Barack Obama--this man with the unusual name--was elected twice by overwhelming margins by the people of this country, and he is doing his very best to try to alleviate a problem that exists. It would be better for the world--I think everyone should acknowledge that--if we could work something out with Iran so they don't get nuclear weapons, and we have to try to do that. To prejudge what is going to come, if anything--the President of the United States said there is less than a 50-percent chance he can get it done, but shouldn't we let him try?”