Political Quotes

“no matter how many times he says it, he tends to not focus on what he has done to the Senate. As I indicated earlier, there is lots of time for name-calling. But we know it is replete in the Record, as delivered this morning, how he said there would be no filibusters, we would follow the norms of the Senate, only extraordinary circumstances. The extraordinary circumstances have come because we are in session, I guess. The only person I know who thinks things are going just fine is my friend. The American people know this institution is being hammered hard. He does not have to worry about me for the heat I have taken. I have not taken any heat. I had a very nice caucus today. My caucus was thoughtful. We heard from--out of my 54 Senators, we probably heard from 25 or 26 of them. Attendance was nearly perfect. So I do not want him to feel sorry for the Senate, certainly not for me. I am going to continue to try to speak in a tone that is appropriate. His name-calling--I guess he follows, and I hope not, the demagogic theory that the more you say something, even if it is false, people start believing it.…”