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I’d do it again in a minute.
— Former Vice President Dick Cheney, quoted by Politico, on the CIA’s interrogation program.
I spend most of my time watching ESPN in the morning. I get so much politics I don’t want to be inundated with a bunch of chatter about politics during the day.
No majority leader in my era would have thought to attempt to go around the committee and negotiate over the head of the committee chair. You could not get away with it.
— Former Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR), quoted by the Washington Post, on Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) being bypassed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
“If you are a Jerseyite or a Pennsylvanian and you’re rooting for the Cowboys, it means you’re not secure in yourself and you wanted to root for a team that was a team in your youth that was a constant winner. … How can a Jersey guy be a Cowboys fan? It’s pathetic.
— Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D, commenting on Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) unapologetic love for the Dallas Cowboys, CNN reports.
Are we in the middle of a new Cold War? Indeed we are …. People are talking again not only about a new Cold War but a hot one …. It’s as if a time of great troubles has arrived. The world is roiling.
— Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in an interview with Time.
Running for the presidency’s not an IQ test. It is a test of an individual’s resolve. It’s a test of an individual’s philosophy. It’s a test of an individual’s life’s experiences.
— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), in a NBC News interview.
53% to 40%
Margin by which New Jersey voters say that Gov. Chris Christie (R) would not make a good president, a new Quinnipiac poll finds.
86%
Of Americans have no faith political leaders can work together, while just 13% of Americans are confident they can, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. That’s far more than the 58% who felt that way just after the 2010 midterm elections in which the tea party movement rose to prominence. “The doubts cross party lines: Fewer than 1 in 5 Democrats or independents have confidence the two sides can cooperate. Republicans are even more pessimistic, with just 1 in 10 confident Obama and Congress can work together.”
Oh Lord, no. Well, let me say, I’m not going to say a definite ‘no’ about any of those two. I’ve been trained to never say no. But it is highly, highly unlikely.
— Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) dismissing “any notion that she would run again for governor, the Senate or any other public office,” Politico reports.
31%
Of people with investable assets of $1 million or more – which represents the top 8% of American households — say that Hillary Clinton is their top choice for president, followed by Jeb Bush (R) at 18%, according to a CNBC Millionaire Survey.
