“Bernie Sanders’ Democratic rivals prepared to unleash a new wave of attacks against the party’s presidential front-runner in a high-stakes debate Tuesday night, perhaps their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the 2020 nomination fight.”— Steve Peoples, apnews.com
“Bernie Sanders appears to be cementing his hold on first place with 27 percent, while Pete Buttigieg, who had surged into a virtual tie with Sanders as the week ended, in second with 19 percent.”— Jon Keller, boston.cbslocal.com
“I miss Burt Lancaster—we fought a lot, and I miss him a lot. And John Wayne, even though he was a Republican and I was a Democrat.”— Kirk Douglas, theguardian.com
“We are in a Democratic majority. This is a huge freshmen class. The only class that has rivaled us in size were the Watergate Babies, against a very similar backdrop of corruption and chaos, right. And so because we are such a big caucus, there is a diversity of lived experience, of ideologies. Even…”— Ayanna Pressley, cbsnews.com
“I am getting many, many Trump supporters to join in support my campaign as well as conservatives, independence, libertarians, and of course, Democrats and progressives. I am the candidate to beat Donald Trump because I'm focused on solving the problems that got him elected in the first place.”— Andrew Yang, 2020poolreports.substack.com
“I think that it's been difficult, even confusing, to figure out what our foreign policy is because Democrats became so absorbed in opposing whatever the Republicans were doing.”— Pete Buttigieg, cbsnews.com
“I also come from the industrial Midwest, the exact part of the country where Democrats had trouble getting our message through in recent years, which is part of how we got the president that we have now. And I'm someone who's committed to taking on the flaws in our systems at a very basic level. Our…”— Pete Buttigieg, cbsnews.com
“There are many ideas that we will never agree on. The left and the right have different ways of approaching governance, based on contrasting philosophies. But many of the ultimate goals — economic prosperity, better healthcare and education, etc. — are the same. We just don’t share the same vision o…”— Dan Crenshaw, huffingtonpost.com
“Our politics will continue to degrade. Anybody who thinks President Trump is the sole performer under the big top should realize that the circus has three rings, and Democrats occupy at least one of them.”— Ben Shapiro, townhall.com
“If the Democrats don’t do what’s right by the people when they get into power, I will become their own worst enemy. I don’t care about party, I care about people doing what’s right. And if you don’t do what’s right. Make no mistake about it. I will let you know.”— Richard Ojeda, theguardian.com
“By fighting for the core Democratic values that unite us while holding President Trump accountable next year, we will achieve a strong, diverse and lasting Democratic majority.”— Cheri Bustos, bustos.house.gov
“As Democrats, our strength has always come from our diversity. My vision for this role will be to engage the entire Caucus to support one another, but particularly our new and most vulnerable members. We will achieve this by sharing best practices and tactics across districts, whether they be urban,…”— Cheri Bustos, bustos.house.gov
“My vision for this role will be to engage the entire Caucus to support one another, but particularly our new and most vulnerable members. We will achieve this by sharing best practices and tactics across districts, whether they be urban, suburban or rural. By fighting for the core Democratic values…”— Cheri Bustos, bustos.house.gov
“As Democrats, our strength has always come from our diversity and, if we win in November, I intend to run for Assistant Democratic Leader with a focus on protecting a new Democratic majority beyond the 2020 cycle so we can deliver bold change for the American people.”— Cheri Bustos, bustos.house.gov
“Steve: Dad! There you are! Stan: Of-Of course I'm here. Wh-Where would I be? Alone? Touching myself? Steve: Yeah, right. Only perverts and Democrats do that.”— Seth MacFarlane, Chris McKenna, Steve Hely, Nahnatchka Khan, Mike Barker, Steve Smith (voice), Scott Grimes, imdb.com
“I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse.”— Frederick Douglass, amazon.com
“I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a g…”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“I know Hillary. I love her. We’re dear friends. But she was not a very effective candidate. She seemed too centered on the bureaucracy of the campaign. So I don’t think that we Democrats are blameless in this.”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.com
“Now bear in mind that Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey probably in American history, are the strongest pro-civil rights people in history as, as President/Vice President. I also had a strong record and have a strong record. We were trying to set up a system here that from there on out, would in ef…”— Walter Mondale, repository.wustl.edu
“Everyone's a Democrat until they get a little money. Then they come to their senses!”— Mike White, Jon Kasdan, Harold Weir, Joe Flaherty, imdb.com