Pat Paulsen Quotes

I mean, the country is deeply divided. There is 35 percent of the people who are Tea Partiers or more in some of those states. So it's probably going to be a difficult year, but there's nothing that I think anyone can do about it.

The left hand of the right wing.

Left-wing confusion spawns right-wing reaction.

Reaching consensus has gotten harder. Today, a minority if the minority plays hostage politics. It’s all or nothing politics at its worst.

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.

Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.

In this country there are two parties: the righteous and the fallacious

There used to be a civility. Today, members of Congress would rather destroy another member than compromise.

Liberals and the Democratic Party are demonic.

When I am asked whether the division between the left and the right still has any meaning, the first thought that comes to my mind is that the person who asks the question is not on the left.

We've become so polarized we've become paralyzed.

If you're a conservative, you think I'm Satan.

You will never satisfy the far extremes on the Left and the Right.

The arrogance of the Left always fascinates me.

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

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

When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans' fears about the future.

Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.

I am not a centrist.

I vote Labour and can't begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right.