Defeat Quote by Steny Hoyer

Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.

— Julianne Malveaux

While President Obama assumes that at their core the Republican leadership team is just trying to do what's best for America, Mitch McConnell and…

— Krystal Ball

President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.

— Jon Meacham

“on. “No matter how obstructive the Republicans may be, Obama has the responsibility of leadership. I’m worried that he’s overplaying his hand in saying…

— Edward Klein

Often President Obama's worst critics are Senator Obama and candidate Obama.

— Peter Schiff

As every newspaper reader, liberal activist, or parliamentary junkie knows, the overarching barrier to most of Obama's agenda is the abuse of the filibuster…

— Ari Melber

Nobody was going to beat Barack Obama in 2008. That's a fact. It was his moment. It wasn't that John McCain ran a bad…

— Martha MacCallum

[A] re-elected McConnell, with a Republican majority, would, he says, emulate his model of majority leadership - the 16 years under a Democrat, Montana'€™s…

— George Will

Obama and the Democrats were so critical of what Bush did, the interrogations, the secret prisons, Guantanamo and all of that, and even the…

— Charles Krauthammer

McConnell is the most talented majority leader in a generation. He has complete control of his caucus and understands and exploits their weaknesses, ambitions,…

— Rick Wilson

“Mitch McConnell’s innovation was in using it constantly to slow down things that did have bipartisan support, just to make sure as little as…

— Al Franken

Pundits are saying that President Obama is starting to lose support among his own party. To give you an idea of how bad it's…

— Jay Leno