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Paul: GOP Should Not Be ‘Democrat Light’

June 16, 2014 Buck Banks

There are people who say we need to be more moderate. I couldn’t disagree more.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by the Des Moines Register, saying Republicans should not just be “Democrat light.”

Cochran In the Dark Over Cantor

June 13, 2014 Buck Banks

I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?

— Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), quoted by Fox News, apparently unaware that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) lost his seat in a primary.

Drowned In Tea

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

So Eric Cantor has lost his GOP leadership hat,
And the party doesn’t know what to do about that.
A Republican giant,
Cantor remains defiant,
Though, we note, he was beaten by a Tea Party Brat.

Cantor Spent Almost as Much on Steak as Brat Did on Entire Campaign

June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

$168,637

Amount Eric Cantor’s campaign spent at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, spent on his entire campaign, according to the New York Times.

Newt’s Whining About Obama Again

June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

If you’re a conservative, you think Barack Obama is literally destroying the country you love. And you watch your leadership and they seem unwilling to take him head on, and also unable to outmaneuver him.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by the New York Times.

Tancredo Says He Would Have Toasted Cantor’s Defeat

June 12, 2014 Buck Banks

If I were a drinking man, I’d have been drunk last night. I’d have been celebrating like crazy.

— Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), quoted by KDVR, on Rep. Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) defeat in a GOP primary.

Barbour: Ideological Purity is the Enemy of the GOP

June 2, 2014 Buck Banks

Reagan compromised on everything. It’s idiocy to think 60 million Republican voters can agree on everything.

— Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), quoted by the Washington Post.

Schumer: If GOP’s Anti-Immigration Stance Will Lose Elections

April 29, 2014 Buck Banks

The Republican Party knows if it continues to be seen as anti-immigrant, they’re going to lose election after election.

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the New York Daily News.

John McCain is the Most Unpopular Senator

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 Buck Banks

30%

Of Arizonans approve of the job Sen. John McCain is doing, compared to 54% who disapprove, according to new Public Policy Polling survey. There isn’t much variability in his numbers by party — he’s at 35/55 with Republicans, 29/53 with Democrats, and 25/55 with independents, suggesting he could be vulnerable to challenges in both the primary and general elections the next time he’s up.

Poll: GOP Seen as Intractable, Dishonest, Unethical and Extreme by Most Americans

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Buck Banks

52% to 27%

Margin by which Americans perceive Democrats as more willing to work with the other party than Republicans, new Pew Research poll shows.”Democrats also hold a 20-point advantage when it comes to which party ‘is more concerned with the needs of people like me’ and a 10-point edge when it comes to governing in a more ethical and honest way. The GOP, meanwhile, is viewed as much more ‘extreme’ in its issue positions (54% to 35%) and more influenced by lobbyists (47% to 30%).”

There are people who say we need to be more moderate. I couldn’t disagree more.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by the Des Moines Register, saying Republicans should not just be “Democrat light.”

I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened in Virginia?

— Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), quoted by Fox News, apparently unaware that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) lost his seat in a primary.

$168,637

Amount Eric Cantor’s campaign spent at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, spent on his entire campaign, according to the New York Times.

If you’re a conservative, you think Barack Obama is literally destroying the country you love. And you watch your leadership and they seem unwilling to take him head on, and also unable to outmaneuver him.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by the New York Times.

If I were a drinking man, I’d have been drunk last night. I’d have been celebrating like crazy.

— Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), quoted by KDVR, on Rep. Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) defeat in a GOP primary.

Reagan compromised on everything. It’s idiocy to think 60 million Republican voters can agree on everything.

— Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R), quoted by the Washington Post.

The Republican Party knows if it continues to be seen as anti-immigrant, they’re going to lose election after election.

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the New York Daily News.

30%

52% to 27%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%