Political Quotes

“I rise briefly to express my disappointment and dismay at what is going on in the neighboring State to Pennsylvania--New Jersey. What we are seeing play out in New Jersey is not something that, as an elected official, I find particularly ennobling for public officials. This is not something that gives people a whole lot of confidence in the political process in which we are engaged. It is obvious some are trying to change the rules right at the end of the game, and in a way to advantage one political party. I find that very disconcerting. I find it potentially--as the New Jersey Supreme Court contemplates what they are going to do in this case, seeing the precedent that could result, it could result in a lot of ridiculous things happening at the end of a lot of elections. If you find a candidate behind, you simply change horses right at the end. Instead of having the people decide, you have the courts decide. Remember just 2 years ago a lot of people were gnashing their teeth saying elections should not be decided in the courts. They should be decided by the people on the ballot. Here we have a situation where there are people on the ballot, and now we are having people go to court to change that ballot. That is very disconcerting. But I guess one of the things that bothers me the most is that there is a connection here in Washington, DC, to what is going on in New Jersey.”