Aristocratic Quote by David Brooks

It's always an uphill battle. You know, I'm a Republican in Maryland. This is the bluest of the blue.

— Bob Ehrlich

Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get why George…

— Kurt Andersen

“It has become conventional wisdom that America suffers from an unbridgeable gap between red and blue states, two separate political cultures that can agree…

— Hamilton Nolan

John Kerry's victory over Howard Dean has completely changed the presidential race around. Now instead of the rich white guy from Yale who lives…

— Jay Leno

“Somewhere in between are the rest of us natives, in whom such change revives long-buried anger at those faraway people who seem to govern…

— Joe Bageant

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night,…

— Mark Udall

The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.

— Nancy Pelosi

The Blue Dogs are all Democrats; they are. And I'll tell you, in terms of wearing the Democratic label, I think they're the true…

— Jim Matheson

“Why would anyone with half a brain pledge undying loyalty to the party of John McCain or John Kerry, to name the two most…

— Nick Gillespie Matt Welch

New Rule: This Valentine’s Day Americans must remember that politicians are like a box of chocolates. We bite into them to find out what's…

— Bill Maher

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.

— Mark Shields

“picked up my ballpoint pen and, playing off Jim’s language, wrote, “We Americans may differ, bicker, stumble, and fall; but we are at our…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton