Davis Elkins Quotes

The Republicans I know or the conservatives I know, they disagree with what the Republicans are doing in Washington because we are compromising too much.

Even if I was a Republican, George Bush would have pushed me out of that party.

What makes this harder is that it is my party that is ruining the country.

I sometimes think that I didn't leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.

There is very little chance of the modern Republican Party putting the national interest above their own partisan interests.

I don't hate Republicans as individuals. But I hate what the Republicans are doing to this country. I really do.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

I'm always amused when the 'New York Times' writes editorials trying to be helpful to Republicans and say, 'This is the way Republicans can save themselves.' Look, the 'New York Times' disagrees with us. They're entitled to disagree with us, but it's not like we should take their advice.

President Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi represent what mainstream America is rejecting about Washington, D.C. And that is this out of touch with the people.

There's no such thing as a partisan base.

Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.

I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

I mean, the country is deeply divided. There is 35 percent of the people who are Tea Partiers or more in some of those states. So it's probably going to be a difficult year, but there's nothing that I think anyone can do about it.

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

For decades Republicans have made policy with a higher purpose in mind: to solidify the GOP base or to damage the institutions and movements aligned with the other side.

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

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

I think if you look all across the country, the so-called Blue Dogs are all gone to kennel. There are no more Blue Dogs, they're called Republicans. People would rather elect consistently conservative Republicans than Blue Dogs, who are only conservative when it's convenient.

We as Republicans have taken the easy way out a lot of times.

Today's Republican party is too beholden to factions generally.

If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats.

I used to like John McCain, too, but I must admit that was because he was bucking his party to do things I agreed with. I would not have had that reaction if, say, Bernie Sanders decided to rebel out of principle and support privatizing Social Security.

During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their war on judicial nominees has been way beyond what went before. Really, if the president nominated God to serve on the D.C. Court of Appeals, Mitch McConnell would threaten a filibuster.

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

My tentative plan is to gerrymander all of those crazy libs right out of the section and replace them with right-thinking Americans..