Political Quotes

“I know I will be joined in a few moments by my colleague from Ohio, Senator Portman. I rise to make some remarks on a resolution Senator Portman has submitted with me. Mr. President, journalists and sports fans like to describe victories as ``historic,'' and often that is a bit of hyperbole. But in the case of the Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA championship win on Sunday, the word ``historic'' is warranted. Today, several hundred thousand people gathered in downtown Cleveland. Senator Portman and I talked about how we would have liked to have joined in. But we have these day jobs, and we just figured we couldn't really go back. Today, literally hundreds of thousands of people are in downtown Cleveland. Some estimates were as high as almost all the adult population of Cuyahoga County. The numbers are pretty spectacular. The word ``historic'' is warranted in this Cavaliers victory on Sunday night. No other team in NBA history has come from a 3-to-1 series deficit in the finals, until now. No other major American city has gone so long as Cleveland has without winning a major league sports championship. It is fitting for my city--my wife and I call Cleveland home--that this championship came down to game 7. The series played out like a metaphor for what this means in Cleveland--ever the underdog, down 3 games to 1. To understand what this victory means for our Midwestern city on the lake, think about the last time we won a championship in a major sport.…”