Rich Galen Quotations

That entire doctrine has come and gone. Now the doctrine is you respond instantaneously, and where possible with a strong counterattack. A lot of that is because of the Internet, a lot of that is because of cable TV news.

...If Forbes gets out of the race this week, it will make McCain's hill a bit steeper to climb in South Carolina,

I certainly hope this is as bad as it gets. I hope this is the nadir of the last three months.

If any Democrat campaigns against them by saying they are Bush clones, they can say, 'Oh yeah? What about the Dubai ports deal? For most members, they have established as much distance from the president as they need.

Republicans regard Dean as one of their best secret weapons, I have yet to find a Democrat who, in private chatter, doesn't think he's a problem for them.

Departments didn't talk to departments, agencies didn't talk to agencies, and then, once the news reached the White House, the White House didn't think to talk to Congress. It's almost unprecedented.

It just sounds like it was amateur hour.

If the American press corps were as concerned about the Tenth Amendment as it has been protecting the First and trying to get rid of the Second, this would be a far different country.

Obama hasn't shown the leadership that has allowed the center to go towards him. He's got his base now after the stimulus bill, after the latest jobs plan, but he doesn't have the center. The center is wide open.

You dont have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.