Quote of the Day Archive

"I'm introducing legislation today because despite every effort to fix the problems of BCS, college seasons still end in sniping and controversy, rather than clear winners and losers determined on the field."

-- U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Arlington) on his proposed bill prohibiting the Bowl Championship Series from billing itself as college football's national championship

"The serious allegations laid out by federal prosecutors today raise more questions than answers surrounding those who have been seeking this Senate seat, as well as those working to keep it under Democratic control."

-- Sen. John Cornyn (R-Houston), recently selected to head the National Republican Senatorial Committee, on revelations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to sell the state's open Senate seat

“I will be a candidate whether the election is in 2012 or anytime before then."

-- Former Texas Comptroller John Sharp announcing his run for the U.S. Senate

"I sure wouldn't do it again as an independent and I can't afford to do it as a Republican, so I'd have to run as a Democrat. One thing's for sure. When I die, I want to be cremated and have my ashes thrown in Rick Perry's hair."

-- Entertainer Kinky Friedman on his gubernatorial prospects

“I haven’t decided. If I did resign to run, it would be late next year. It’s not going to be something very soon at all because I have a job to do in the Senate. I want to do this when it’s right for Texas, and an early resignation would not be right for Texas.”

-- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

“If it’s just one, he’s going to have to answer to a lot of the issues that come before us."

-- California Representative Joe Baca, the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, urging President-elect Obama to appoint more Hispanics to his administration, including Texas Assemblyman Rick Noriega as veterans' affairs secretary 

"With all the zeroes in the numbers, it's no wonder Washington politicians have lost track."

-- Gov. Pick Perry in a Wall Street Journal op-ed he wrote with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford

"I expected it. The system is going to protect itself."

-- Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra on the dismissal of indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez

"I guess it's a pretty good shot to take on the federal government if you're running against someone who is an agent of the federal government."

-- Greg Thielemann, director of the Center for the Study of Texas Politics at the University of Texas at Dallas, on Gov. Rick Perry's recent criticism of Washington

"Can you imagine the cars, the homes, the businesses, the stocks that would be purchased, the incredible surge in this economy if you just let people not pay taxes for this year?"

-- U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert