Brendan Boyle actually said...

"the overwhelming majority of those who work in government are good, hardworking people."

"this has been a remarkable period for our economy, a resilience that even the experts at the Congressional Budget Office..."

"you think about that--too often around here we hear about the spending side, but we don't hear about the whole other half of the equation, which is the revenue side."

"I feel quite confident that unfortunately the other credit agencies will downgrade us if this debt ceiling drama plays out much longer."