American politics Quote by Hillary Rodham Clinton

It's almost a very rough rule of thumb: when Democrats are able to successfully frame the meaning of an election season around middle-class fears,…

— Rick Perlstein

The Democrats have always owned the pessimism. It's just the way it's worked out.

— Rush Limbaugh

It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party. I utterly reject that pessimism.

— Mitt Romney

On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and…

— Peter Beinart

Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.

— Charles Schumer

The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans has been…

— Mark Shields

Republicans can win if they adopt a message and promote policies of conscientious conservatism where they lay out a vision of how to solve…

— Mercedes Schlapp

If you are feeling overly optimistic the Republican Candidates Debate is on.

— Kristen Schaal

We know better than to think that Republicans can win only on the failures of Democrats. It still comes down to a contest of…

— Paul Ryan

The Bernie Sanders phenomenon shows that it's not confined to Republicans. There is a general sentiment that America is on the wrong track.

— Paul Wolfowitz

Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.

— Judy Woodruff

The difference in this town - here in Washington - on the war is not between Democrats and Republicans; it's between people who believe…

— Joe Lieberman