#to

I am a small-town girl. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#girl #i #i am #small-town

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#been #day #i #independent #very

I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#aware #country #far #far right #had

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

#been #comes #compromise #congress #difficult

My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#doing #first #focus #get #got

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

There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#congress #entitled #fact #irritates #live

Well, I'm wrestling alligators. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#i #well #wrestling

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

— Claire McCaskill

#compromise #door #goes #out #party

I kind of dwindled into acting. ↗

— Ron Silver

#dwindled #i #into #kind