Donna Brazile Quotes

People’s Party.

Democratic politics—that is modern mass politics—is a battlefield in which the most important move is that which decides what the battle is about, what the issue is.

Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity.

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls.

Political parties exist to get bums on seats.

McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change what the Republican Party believes.

The Republican Party will never again be a majority party until we regain the confidence of the American people. I believe there is room for disagreement within the party, and we should not have litmus tests.

The only problem with Republican principles is no one's following them.

I'm fighting for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and I think if I win this campaign that people will take notice and the next time they select a candidate, they will look at the principles.

When party crackups happen, they usually involve nativism.

Competition for votes sends parties in a two-party system toward the center.

The people who vote in the primaries are at the ideological edge of their party.

Leadership and strength are the key phrases of presidential politics.

I'm a fellow that likes small parties, and the Republican Party is about the size I like.

The Republicans Are Coming: Make Nice!

In all history no class has been enfranchised without some selfish motive underlying. If to-day we could prove to Republicans or Democrats that every woman would vote for their party, we should be enfranchised.

In the Democratic party they call the people who lost the last election losers. In the Republican party, we call them the next nominee.