Mike Coffman Quotes

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

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

We have seen in Washington the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock. There is nothing wrong with our country. There is much wrong with our politics ….

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Campaigns are partisan. Governing should not be partisan.

Watching Congress is like being in permanent divorce court

You've heard me question whether the partisanship in Washington has made us, as a nation, ungovernable - and, indeed, Democrats are doing their very best to make sure of it.

I think America has always been polarized.

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.

A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

The people are fed up with politics and partisanship.

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

We need less bipartisanship in Congress.

The middle in Congress is gone now. That is where we got most things done.

Overall, Congress is dysfunctional, partisan, and polarized, and it isn’t getting anything done. We need commissions to break out of divisive partisanship.

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

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

Unfortunately, our country has become so politically polarized that one side routinely attempts to destroy and discredit the other.

People are so quick to demonize and stereotype those on the other side that they often say that it's impossible to work with people on the other side.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It's not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.

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.

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.