“In both cases, he did it with very strong bipartisan backing. But they wrongly and foolishly extrapolated from the recall and the Prop. 57-58 and 66 campaigns that this guy was a masterful campaigner who could sell ice to Eskimos and could sell pork pies in a synagogue.”
Garry South
“The message I heard this morning, ... was a plea -- a very strong bipartisan plea that he take this issue to the American people and to the Congress in a straight up, forthright way for all of us to debate it and for our country to understand it.”
Larry Craig
“I believe we can have a strong bipartisan bill in the next session,”
Edward Kennedy
“We felt very strongly that we needed a more bipartisan approach.”
Kathy Walt
“The only way something gets through is on a bipartisan vote.”
Cecilia Munoz
“There was real progress today, enormous progress today. We knew from the beginning that you need a bipartisan proposal in order to pass the Senate. That appears to be what the Judiciary Committee is proposing.”
“Many voters are reappraising Schwarzenegger. They're a little puzzled because they're not sure which Schwarzenegger they'll see, the more bipartisan governor or the partisan Republican Schwarzenegger of 2005.”
Mark DiCamillo