Ed Gillespie

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

— Ed Gillespie

Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.

— Ed Gillespie

I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

— Ed Gillespie

Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.

— Ed Gillespie

I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.

— Ed Gillespie

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

— Ed Gillespie

We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday,…

— Ed Gillespie

I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things…

— Ed Gillespie

I don't believe we're the party of big business.

— Ed Gillespie

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more…

— Ed Gillespie

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and…

— Ed Gillespie

We are in favor of greater free markets.

— Ed Gillespie

And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I…

— Ed Gillespie

The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two…

— Ed Gillespie

People like passion in politics.

— Ed Gillespie

On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new…

— Ed Gillespie

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

— Ed Gillespie

The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.

— Ed Gillespie

But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didn't just want to be opposed to Bill…

— Ed Gillespie

I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.

— Ed Gillespie

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

— Ed Gillespie

Politics swings like a pendulum.

— Ed Gillespie

When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a…

— Ed Gillespie

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

— Ed Gillespie

I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to…

— Ed Gillespie