A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.
A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.
I get along with Democrats really well, and I think that's something that's unreported. I think it's partly my libertarian tendencies.
There is no news media. There's simply a bunch of people on television and in newspapers who are ranking members of the Democrat Party.
Look, 85% percent of Democrats think the economy's fine. What does that tell you about these people?
I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.
Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe.
My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously.
Democrats' definition of 'rich' - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.
When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional, and now it's legal. I'm getting out before the Democrats make it mandatory.
If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.
In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats.
I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.
I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.
You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.
You cannot be democratic one day, and undemocratic on another. It is a state of mind, it is a way of living, and it is an essence of action.
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.
JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.
I'm just really proud of the Democratic caucus. I look around in our meetings, and I think we really look like America.
I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!
I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country, and that is not socialism.
