I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.
Actually, I believe there are more independents than either Republicans or Democrats, and yet those are the... that is the choice we have on the party ballot.
I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up.
It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it's thinkable and not a waste of time.
One of the beauties of the Tea Party movement - and the many, many like-minded citizens that don't participate in the Tea Party movement - is the fact that it is independent.
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
Congress is dysfunctional.
Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.
I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.