Donna Brazile Quotes

Some of George W. Bush's friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. 'That worked for everyone else,' God said.

I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district.

We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.

Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch.

President George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 largely because he was seen as comfortable in his own skin, while rival John Kerry was viewed as a flip-flopping opportunist.

I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

The Senate's role is to advise and consent. Very little advice has been sought and consent has thus been a problem.

If I have to invade the sacred precincts of the White House to find out what is behind this paralysis of the Senate, I will.

Unlike a monarch, the President is not the Sovereign.

The President sets the policies and Congress does not. Our lawmakers in Washington ratify and implement what the President wants, but if he is a strong leader and can hold his own party together, even with the majority of the opposition against him he usually can win over enough members of Congress to carry what legislation he really feels is essential.

The beauty of our court system is that anybody can enter the court and sue. Uh, you have to be appointed to be in the Executive Branch. You have to be elected to be in the Legislative Branch, but anybody can go into court.

I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.

Under a democratic form of government, the people elect legislators and ministers to fulfil their policies. The role of the ministers is to give directions. The role of the bureaucracy is to implement those directions. If those who have to do the implementation are on strike, no policies can actually be implemented.

The presidency of the United States is a very unique elected position. So if anything merits a longer vetting process, the presidency does to some extent. In general our election cycles are too long, but this job is so consequential that I don't think it's a bad thing to give people more time to get to know you.

I deeply admire the American Presidency as a political and constitutional institution. I believe it is, one of the great, and remarkable innovations in our Constitution, and has been one of the most successful features of the Constitution in protecting the liberties of the American people.

Denying the president a constitutional voice is the real threat to our system of separated powers.

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

My film about Bush didn't prevent his reelection.

I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the president bypass the separation of powers.

I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency.

The fundamental division of powers in the Constitution of the United States is between voters on the one hand and property owners on the other.

I know Obama knows better than George W. Bush.

The shelf life of a seventh-year State of the Union address is about five minutes. Presidents can propose stuff. They're probably not likely to get it done.

I now say that the oldest man living never heard of the president of a great nation to come down to open electioneering for his successor. It is treating the nation as if it was the property of a single individual, and he had the right to bequeath it to whom he pleased - the same as a patch of land for which he had the patent.

I have won elections and I have lost elections.