Karl Rove Quotes

Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows.

While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules.

September 11 was just an excuse to expand the Patriot Act. Legislation which had been proposed for years just got stuck in.

Democrats, more often than not, do not play the game of politics correctly.

Democrats, for their part, have chosen to go the way of reckless obstruction, pursuing the first partisan impeachment in history.

Democrats are nothing more than obstructionists. That's all they can do. That's all they seem to be good at.

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.

Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship.

For Democrats, nothing is any less complex than a 'West Wing' episode.

The Democrats have nothing to cheer but fear itself.

The House Democrats don't want Gore humiliated, so they slammed the door of the Capitol in my face. They are cowards.

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill.

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

Our adversaries - our Democratic adversaries - like to be able to portray the Republican Party as a bunch of wingnuts - narrow based, always have some agenda that's not attractive to the public... That's easier for them, and more fun, than dealing with their own problems. And I think their problems are significant.

Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

I lost a lot of territory I really enjoyed having, but there was no doubt I had to do it to help Democrats.

We've seen filibusters of bills and nominations that ultimately passed with 90 or more votes. Why filibuster something that has that kind of support? Just to slow down the process and keep the Senate from working.

In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.

It's always useful for a politician to bash Congress.