Political Quotes

“The Senate will continue to debate the farm bill today. We have a couple of votes lined up. We expect to have those this morning. Not to Compromise Last week, in a moment of candor, House Republicans, led by Representative Cantor, admitted they have given up legislating until after the election. Although there is far more work to be done, they have said they are going to have a timeout. I repeat, there is so much to be done--especially building on 27 straight months of private sector job growth--Republicans in the House are lurching from one recess to the next long recess. They don't take short ones, they take long ones. Last week's unscripted moment was a window into today's Republican Party--a party that obviously cares more about winning elections than creating jobs. Then a couple of days ago we had another frank assessment of the Republican agenda. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said Monday that his father, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan would not fit into today's Republican Party. He went on to elaborate about some of the issues in which they are simply headed in the wrong direction. Governor Bush said today's GOP is defined by ``an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement.'' He is right. The Republican Party no longer has room for moderates or anyone unwilling to march in lockstep with the radical tea party. That is apparent every day on Capitol Hill--more so in the House than in the Senate, but it has now infected the Senate.…”