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We took a hostage that the president wants to shoot. This is homeland security. It’s a conservative thing.
— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), quoted by TPM, on the inability of Republicans to pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
37%
Of registered New Jersey voters give Gov. Chris Christie (R) a favorable job rating, down 7 points in the last two months, new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll finds.
Carson has never run even a single political race, raising huge questions about what kind of a candidate he will be and what kind of political team he will put together. The early indications are not good. … He and his conservative admirers dismiss his lack of campaign experience, as well as the fact that he has never held either high elective or appointive office. To them, his values and views strongly outweigh any lack of electoral experience or government service. But most voters consider experience an asset, not a liability, and candidate skills go well beyond being interviewed by a friendly voice from Fox News or conservative talk radio.
73%
Of Americans don’t believe the Obama administration has a clear plan for defeating the Islamic State, up from 64% in September, a new Fox News poll finds. Just 19% think the strategy is clear.
Americans are going to want someone who has been tested, someone who’s got results in their background and we’re not going to choose another young, untested United States senator. I don’t think that is where Americans are going to want to go.
— Rick Perry (R) predicted that the next president will have a track record of executive experience, NH Journal reports.
I’ve had many friends who are homosexual.
— Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, interviewed by Bloomberg, adding that he would never attend a gay wedding.
He is interfering in our internal affairs. … I don’t want to interfere in Israeli internal affairs, but it strikes me that there is an awful lot going on in his neighborhood in the Middle East, and that’s where he should be.
— Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of meddling with U.S. politics, The Hill reports.
I know Elizabeth Warren well, and my strong feeling is she’s not going to run. I think she’s trying to influence the direction of the party, and you have more influence as a potential candidate than you do if you take yourself out. So she’s allowing, she’s sticking to this language of ‘I’m not running for president,’ and titillating people with it, because it gives her more leverage.
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod, telling Hugh Hewitt that he doesn’t think Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) poses a credible threat to Hillary Clinton’s likely presidential bid in 2016. He added: “Hillary is probably as well-positioned within her own party as any open seat candidate has been in our lifetime.”
— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), speaking in London, after he “was asked by a British moderator if he believes in evolution. He chose not to answer,” National Journal reports.
I do not think America’s interests are served by endless war, or by remaining on a perpetual war footing.
— President Obama, at the White House, making the case for Congressional authorization to use force against the Islamic State, reported by the New York Times.
