#rep

The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time. ↗

— John McCain

#any #array #base #been #broad

But I came from a conservative Republican background. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#came #conservative #i #i came #republican

I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration. ↗

— Scott McCallum

#cabinet #directed #i #incoming #plan

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#country #decided #dozen #even #i

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

#any #appear #compromise #hang #i

Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#being #bunch #campaigning #convention #corps

Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#agricultural #america #area #communities #congress

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#antagonize #area #fairly #good #good terms

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans. ↗

— Martin Yan

#beans #eat #enjoy #general #good

The Republican Party is not in the hands of the Jewish lobby in America as the Democratic Party must look quite often to Jewish money to finance candidates. ↗

— Pete McCloskey

#candidates #democratic #democratic party #finance #hands