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I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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Corporate governance is a huge issue too. We don't have women on these corporate boards. More than half of the students in law school are women, more than half of the women, I think, in medical school now are women. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, completely unpaid for. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

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