* “I don’t need anybody to tell me how to be black. We don’t really need arguments about what it is to be authentically black. That is nothing but a tool for a silly conversation.”–Condoleezza Rice.
* “Iraq and Afghanistan are perverse priorities. One sign of a declining empire is to spend money we don’t have on military adventures. We should be spending those billions a week rebuilding our infrastructure and creating jobs.”–Arianna Huffington.
* “I know uncertainty is a new economic buzzword, but for a good reason: if we can reduce it, we’ll unlock capital.”–Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.
* “At this point in history, with America teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, negative (political) advertising is even more destructive, more actually wicked, than it was in the past.”–Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal.
* “Delaware is not Kentucky. If Republicans want to be a national party, they cannot write off the Northeast, whose Republicanism is of a distinctly moderate variety.”–Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.
* “(Rick) Scott just looks at government through the lens of business. Business is about making a profit, and public safety is about making sure people are safe at night.”–Florida Police Benevolent Association Deputy Executive Director Matt Puckett.
* “When you have negatives like Rick Scott has, the only way you win is to raise the negatives on your opponent and then hope the higher Republican turnout will throw you over the top.”–Brad Coker, Mason-Dixon’s pollster.
* “I will not drop out of this race for any reason…And no, I am not running for second.”–Kendrick Meek.
* “This has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with states’ rights.”–Republican attorney general candidate Pam Bondi on her support for Florida joining 19 other states in a legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care plan.
* “Jim Norman, as a county commissioner, has been responsible for assisting with billion dollar budgets. He testified that he goes ‘door to door’ to assist the citizens of Hillsborough County. And yet, he asks this court to believe that his wife was involved in the purchase of an asset that was valued at more than three and a half times their own home…And he knew absolutely nothing about it.”–Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford.
* “In baseball terms, it’s too early to tell if the Rays are viable in this market. And you certainly wouldn’t want to decide that in an economy like this.”–Vince Gennaro, author of “Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball.”