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«Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.»

«[Publicly, Republicans stood by their embattled colleague Wednesday. Privately, some began to talk of a post-DeLay era. Either way, they were hopeful that, whatever happened with the legal troubles, DeLay had institutionalized his fundraising and vote-whipping prowess so much that it would outlive him.] He is a conviction politician like Ronald Reagan; he's also been a party builder, ... DeLay always kept his eye on building party and the movement, and that's rare.»

«He doesn't get anything that the people of West Virginia don't pay for many times over in pork barrel projects in other states.»

«I hope you read them carefully and you'll see that there's nothing here that says who to vote for or who to vote against. It's strictly on the issue of Medicare.»

«We will be regaling little baby Republican governors in the future with scary ghost stories about what happens to Republican governors who decide to loot the people rather than to govern.»

«[But when it was time to aim for the White House, it was crucial that he get the tax music exactly right; the whole strategy depended on it, and not just for winning the primaries. If conservatives came to think Bush was an ardent tax cutter, they would be willing to let him roam much closer to the center on just about everything else to win the heart of independents.] He moved the party on immigration and education, ... but no Republican could have abandoned tax cuts and won the primary, or the general.»

«This is part of laying down a marker.»

«Obsessions turn people off.»

«On everybody's central issue within the Reagan coalition, he's there on your issue.»

«If you could clone Karl and bring in someone who had his talent and instincts, but not the relationship with Bush, it would be 50-60% as good.»