Linda McMahon Quotes

Not every Democratic idea is a good one; not every Republican idea is a bad one.

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.

After some of the most contentious years in state government, I've made it clear that I will, and can, work with anyone to get things done.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it.

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.

I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is.

You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates.

I wouldn’t be too serious about bipartisanship. It’s a great myth that ought to be fostered. And don’t bring too damn much scholarship to bear on it. You’ll prove it out of existence if you’re not careful.

Compromises may not make great heroes, but they do make great democracies.

Campaigns are partisan. Governing should not be partisan.

Governing in a polarized society means, making bipartisan deals.

You used to get legislation done by getting the moderates to agree. But we have no moderates now so it doesn’t get done

Obama has been deliberative to a fault and an inveterate seeker of the middle ground.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.

We have to really appeal to that sensible center.

I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.

What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them. And when that happens, big things get solved.

Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.