Patty Judge Quotes

Government is dysfunctional.

Has Washington become so dysfunctional that even when we all agree on something, we can’t get it done?

We Americans are as great as we have ever been. But our government is broken.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

People have been upset about the tenor and discord in Washington for a really long time.

We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

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.

Congress is dysfunctional.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

We're getting the sort of 'compromise' American politics specializes in: the one where things are intentionally made worse for most people in the hopes that if things are made bad enough, the other side will cave.

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 Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.

I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken.

President Bush said that he wanted to change the tone in Washington. He has; it has gotten worse.

Politics is broken.

We have moved toward a kind of scorpions-in-a-bottle Government where you have two branches [executive and legislative] that don't understand many of the legitimate needs of the other branch.

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 ….