Beating the tea party gang is more important than who does the beating.
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.
My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.
Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
Neither this nation nor this party can afford a candidate so captive to the demands of the intolerant right that we end up re-electing a president of the incompetent left.
The Republican Party has moved so far to the right, you can't recognize Mitt Romney. What Mitt Romney will appear in October? Mitt Romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen,
My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.
Bill Weld has gotten tremendous national exposure, and there are a number of people within the Republican Party who may disagree philosophically with Senator Helms, and (Weld) may be rallying a lot of people to his cause.
I'm not going to be a party to spending more than the president asked for,