My name is Patrick Fitzgerald ... I like to tear the tops off small animals.

If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny and comment.

America has become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day.

Our [Republicans'] object is to avoid having stupid candidates who can't win general elections, who are undisciplined, can't raise money, aren't putting together the support necessary to win a general election campaign, because this money is too difficult to raise to be spending it on behalf of candidates who have little chance of winning in a general election.

There is a difference between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Senator Obama believes that the government ought to be able to take as much as it thinks it needs from anybody.

Look, America was a narrowly divided country in 2000;49-49 was what Michael Barone called it. It's a 49-49 nation.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.