Campaigns Quote by Eliot Spitzer

Is Romney a tea party candidate? I'd probably say that he's the least of the candidates running for president right now that would be…

— Tim Scott

“The Tea Party that reenergized the GOP in 2010 and that implacably attacked Obama turned out to be a familiar nemesis of liberalism and…

— Ian Haney López

Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might…

— George Will

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses.…

— William J. Clinton

“The Tea Party is a fitting representation of our era of no-debate, politically correct politics, where each political side has its own media, and…

— Juan Williams

My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when…

— Herman Cain

I think that the tea party, grassroots ideology will win every time.

— Mike Gallagher

Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected…

— Alexander Cockburn

Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch…

— Juan Williams

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

— Mark McKinnon

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.

— Ron Fournier

As the Republican nominee, it was Romney's job to find a way to speak to some of those groups of voters and offer practical…

— John Podhoretz