Brian Schatz Quotes

Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.

For federal races, being able to carefully navigate the Trump Era is a significant challenge.

As with other issues—taxes, climate, court-packing—the Biden administration is confusing the nation’s rejection of Donald Trump with an endorsement of a progressive agenda. But if voters wanted far-left policies, the Democratic House majority wouldn’t be so puny, the Senate wouldn’t be evenly split, and Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders would be president.

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward.

Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

Any party that writes off 25, 30, 35 percent of the American people is not going to be a winner.

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

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

When I talk to people outside the beltway, I don't think people are that divided.

The environment is better and better for Democrats.

If Strom Thurmond could get 30% of the black vote, any Republican can.

I am not interested in splitting the white vote.

There are too many political moderates in America.

Competition for votes sends parties in a two-party system toward the center.

There aren’t any independents anymore.

When you are working a Republican crowd, and want to throw out some red meat, you can’t do any better than jumping on Ted Kennedy.

Because, Bill, I think we’ve given the South away to the Republican party for as long as anyone can foresee.

There are but two divisions of party in the United States; and he is a very weak or very presumptuously vain man who can think of organizing a third party that shall rule them both.

The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

Democratic candidates who run from President Obama in red states where he is unpopular are making a big mistake. Their holding Obama at arm's length deprives voters of a clear choice at the ballot box.

The advantage that Democrats have is that they're a big-tent party.

Not everybody who supports Donald Trump, not everyone who supports Hilary Clinton, are exactly the kind of people that you want as supporters.

I don't dig Trump or follow what he has to say, but I find it fascinating that he's surfaced in the political arena. But I'm a Hillary supporter, and I don't go the Trump way.