Howard Gordon Quotes

I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people.

"Moderate" Republicans such as Arnold Schwarzenegger like to boast that they're fiscal conservatives and social liberals. But the social liberalism always ends up burying the fiscal conservatism.

My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

The truth is, I am conservative, but socially, I'm very liberal.

I'm quite moderate.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative... others say that I'm socially moderate. As a former judge, I listen to all the facts, and I make a decision as to what I believe is in the best interest of the state.

I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's often seen as sort of splitting the difference between right and left.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

I don't intend to leave the Republican Party, but I would like to move the Republican Party more to the center.

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

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

I think I can do more inside the Republican Party to keep it in the center of the road. That's where Eisenhower was. And I'm an unabashed Eisenhower Republican.

From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.

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.

For most of my life, I've considered myself a political centrist.

I come from a democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.

I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.

I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

I believe zealously in conservative ideals, but Nebraskans want people who get things done, not just those who scream at each other.