Thomas Frank Quotes

I mean, look, we're living in a country where you can't have a non-denominational response. If you're slightly critical of either party, all of the partisans jump on you like you're a lunatic.

Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.

I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?

Senator Blunt genuinely sees everything through the lens of partisan politics.

You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

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

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

For decades Republicans have made policy with a higher purpose in mind: to solidify the GOP base or to damage the institutions and movements aligned with the other side.

Republicans are not a political party. It's a mental condition.

Like most Americans, I feel disgusted when we see people make decisions based on party politics rather than a solution that is best for the country.

'2016' is based on an experiment: what if you let Obama do it himself? That experiment is necessarily limited because I'm not factoring in a Republican House, a Supreme Court or the tug of public opinion.

These days everything is discussed in terms of political partisan perspective including the weather—especially the weather.

I am basically a supporter of Barack Obama - it is not easy to be a post-partisan president in a hyper-partisan era.

Politics presents few win-win situations for partisans on either side.

There is very little chance of the modern Republican Party putting the national interest above their own partisan interests.

At least in the U.S., the party you believe in plays a big role in how you conceive of yourself. It feels good to think that your party is smarter, and that the smarts are what drive people to your party.

When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

The people we elect aren't bipartisan. The American public is bipartisan.

It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between inquiry and combat. You are always on the periphery of harsh partisan warfare that has nothing to do with substance.

While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.

Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

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.