Caucus Quotes

You need the ability to work with the caucus to set priorities and to balance those different views and come up with a unified message. On the floor, you need to defend that message and debate the issues. - Tim Armstead

You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus. - Allen West

You can peg a lot of the decisions on that caucus. - Steven MacKinnon

With the disappearance of all the farms and in many cases the disappearance of some of the truck companies, and in our opinion [the effort of] the residents is what has changed Secaucus into a wonderful community. - Mayor Dennis Elwell

With so much of the final text for the Council still in dispute, it is absolutely vital that the Caucus' leaders weigh in now and insist on a new and improved human rights body. - Jennifer Windsor

While we're trying to figure out what to do, lots of dates get floated around. Until we actually caucus as a management team and figure out what our constraints are, we don't have a date except that right now, Bill and I think it's somewhat earlier than October. We'll let you know when we can. - Mike Griffin

When there's an overwhelming request on the part of an overwhelming majority in your caucus that you're elected to represent to do or not do something, you should be very respectful of that. - Sen. Cathy Stepp

What I'm looking for tonight is the results here in Georgia. Can Edwards have a comeback here? Can he win the Minnesota caucuses? Can he keep it close in New York and Ohio? And barring a miracle, I mean a real miracle, John Kerry will be within a stone's throw of winning the nomination. - Donna Brazile

We've had some very famous people through Iowa who failed in the caucuses -- John Glenn, Ted Kennedy drew huge crowds here, but were never able to convert that into caucus support. - Hugh Winebrenner