I would say to those who don't like the metaphor This is reality. Eliot Spitzer More Quotes by Eliot Spitzer More Quotes From Eliot Spitzer To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize. Eliot Spitzer sincerely apologizing new-yorkers When you're in office, there are tangible moments when you can see tangible successes. Eliot Spitzer tangible office moments While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party. Eliot Spitzer voice party views The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. Lesson: The loudest voices don't often command the votes needed to win in November. Eliot Spitzer party winning moving The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. Eliot Spitzer debt ceilings political The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point. Eliot Spitzer party principles tea The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a car, one had to provide ID, a drivers' license, and get insurance coverage. To buy a gun? Cash and carry, from the back of a station wagon at a gun show. No concerns about downstream liability or risk. Eliot Spitzer car risk gun The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm. Eliot Spitzer calm president world President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation. Eliot Spitzer offering president country We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way. Eliot Spitzer cities new-york running I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. 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To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement. Eliot Spitzer arena political new-york Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding. Eliot Spitzer understanding looks needs I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. Eliot Spitzer believe rooms world From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much: the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. Eliot Spitzer new-york sorry people In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. Eliot Spitzer voting smart america Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top. Eliot Spitzer immigration sacrifice party Once again, the puppets on Capitol Hill are about to slam the Muppets on Main Street. The country still hasn't recovered from the Wall Street-induced financial cataclysm of 2008, yet Congress is preparing to enact the Orwellian 'JOBS Act' - a bill that should in fact be called the 'Return Fraud to Wall Street in One Easy Step Act.' Eliot Spitzer wall jobs country
