Midterm Quotes

You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election. - Chris Matthews

What Congress does in the next six months is going to have a significant impact on the midterm elections, which is going to have a significant impact on the 2008 election in terms of people's excitement and how engaged they are. - Tony Perkins

We're shooting to hold our meetings earlier. We hope to start March 6, before midterm break. - Amy Currier

This midterm election is really a referendum on the war, it's a referendum on the Bush policies. - Michael Berg

There are many immediate, midterm and long-term issues that will literally be life and death for people living with HIV/AIDS. - Terje Anderson

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. - Deng Xiaoping

The president is always somewhere on the horizon in any midterm election, and in this one it might very well be more than the usual referendum on the president. Bush could be a heavy shadow in this election. - Mickey Edwards

The midterm elections will be decided in places like Washington state and Michigan, not in Washington, D.C.. Our candidates will have a clear message and clear vision. That's not something you see from Democrats either in D.C. or from their challengers in the states. - Brian Nick

The good jobs report bought the bulls a reprieve, and now it is up to earnings to carry the torch. We're still heading right into the seasonally weak February and March months in a bearish midterm election year with rates rising and oil prices rallying. Januaries tend to start strong, but it is how they finish that matters. - Marc Pado