With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.
When an organization is willing to support only lawmakers who are with it 100 percent of the time, it virtually guarantees that the debate will be bitterly partisan.
The Republican Party will never again be a majority party until we regain the confidence of the American people. I believe there is room for disagreement within the party, and we should not have litmus tests.
It's impossible always to be with the majority in coalition government, especially when it's a very complicated coalition.
The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.
The Congress is a power-oriented party.
Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.
Republicans will own Congress.
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.