1) “As she prepares to step down as President Obama’s chief economist, Christina Romer said Friday that she wishes she could redo one of her first official acts for the president: last January’s forecast that a big shot of federal spending would save millions of jobs and keep the unemployment rate under 8 percent.” — The Washington Post
2) “But I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.” — Barack Obama
3) “If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,’ if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it’s gonna be harder and that’s why I think it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2.” — Barack Obama
4) “Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive.” — Joe Biden
5) “Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’ The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.” — Joe Biden
6) “What good is reading the (health care) bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?” — John Conyers
7) “There’s going to be a tendency on the part of our people to be in denial about (Scott Brown’s win), but if you lose Massachusetts and that’s not a wake-up call, there’s no hope of waking up.” — Evan Bayh
Good list, but I would add:
8) “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” - - Nancy Pelosi
9) “I won” — Barack Obama
Other great quotes?
Other great quotes?
Plugs is always a laugh riot. For example ...
Democrats aren’t running on the administration’s accomplishments like health-care and financial-regulatory overhaul and the stimulus because it’s just too hard to explain – Joe Biden – October 13, 2010
I'm here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we're going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month. – Joe Biden, April 23, 2010
Now the fun stuff starts – Joe Biden referring to the “benefits” from the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – August 25, 2010
The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S. – Joe Biden
My favs
“There is no controlling legal authority that says this was in violation of law”
“He is the president of the country! He is my friend [...] I want to ask you now, every single one of you, to join me in supporting him.”