The top quotes in politics … “Mr. President, Salaam.” — Comedian Jimmy Kimmel addressing POTUS at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “As my stepfather always told me, ‘It’s a boy-eat-dog world out there.’” — President Barack Obama joking at the dinner. “There’s a wild and crazy man inside of there …
Newt Gingrich has formally ended his quest for the Republican nomination. Mike Luckovich finds the former speaker far from humbled by his failed bid, while Joe Heller looks at Mr. Gingrich’s campaign finances. via Double Take ‘Toons: Newt Bows Out : NPR.
Even though the Gingrich campaign declared Mississippi and Alabama primaries “must win,” the former speaker promised to keep running even though he lost both. Rick McKee questions Gingrich’s frame of reference. Bob Engelhart finds the same problem with Ron Paul’s zero-win record. Double Take ‘Toons: March Tortoises? : NPR.
“For many in this chamber this is not an easy vote. The fight for civil rights has never been an easy fight.” JOHN WISNIEWSKI, New Jersey assembly deputy speaker, on the passing of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in the state by a vote of 42-33. Gov. Chris Christie, a …
“He’s not really a conservative. I mean, he’ll tell you what you want to hear. He has an uncanny ability, sort of like Clinton, to feel your pain and know his audience and speak to his audience and fire them up. But when he was speaker, he was erratic, undisciplined.” …
Newt Gingrich has been rising in the polls. Is he the latest “Anybody But Romney” Mike Peters sees haunting the former Massachusetts governor? Mike Keefe thinks the former House speaker has his own specters to confront. via Double Take ‘Toons: Newt’s Next? : NPR.
When Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker of the House in 2007, she made history as the first woman to hold that role. When she handed the gavel over to Ohio Republican John Boehner on Wednesday, she made history again. In the symbolic election for a new speaker, 19 …
It was instructive to read elected Republicans’ official statements in response to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting for what they did not say. The House Speaker, John Boehner, said: “An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve. Acts and threats of violence against public officials have …
By cutting its own budget by 5 percent, Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that “the House has sent a strong signal of its commitment to making the tough choices necessary to end Washington’s job-killing spending binge.†In comments today on raising the debt limit, Boehner called for action to “cut …
There are some things I feel really strongly about. JOHN BOEHNER, the newly installed Speaker of the House, acknowledging that he is known to tear up on occasion Friday, Jan. 07, 2011 – Quotes of the Day – TIME.com.
House Republicans have repeatedly promised to cut at least $100 billion in discretionary spending as soon as they took control of the House. The promise was part of their “Pledge to America,†the 2010 counterpart to the 1994 “Contract With America.†Speaker John Boehner reiterated it just before the election, …
1/5 cartoon: Mike Luckovich on Boehner, Obama | Mike Luckovich.