Voices of the Apocalypse

"I didn't come here to be partisan, I didn't come here to be bipartisan. I came here, as did my colleagues, to be non-partisan, to work for the American people, to do what is in their interest."

-- Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Speaker of the House, 1/29/09

"When you can't win on policy, you always turn to process, and then you turn to personalities."

-- Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Speaker of the House, 1/29/09

"There's a pattern here of Republican economic mismanagement and Democrats stepping up to do what's needed for the good of the country while Republicans acted in a partisan and irresponsible manner."

-- Brendan Daly, Speaker Pelosi's top spokesman, in a memo handed to reporters 1/29/09

"And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse."

-- President Barrack Obama in an Op Ed in the Washington Post, 2/5/09

"So then you get the argument, well, this is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill. What do you think a stimulus is? That's the whole point. No, seriously. That's the point."

-- President Barack Obama, 2/5/09 speaking to a House democratic retreat

"...if we don't move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe. Millions of Americans will lose their jobs, their homes, and their health care. Millions more will have to put their dreams on hold."

-- President Barack Obama, 2/7/09

"But at the end of the day, we are passing a bold and responsible plan that will help our economy get back on its feet, put people to work ad put more money in their pockets."

-- Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Senate Majority Leader 2/7/09

"Legislation of such magnitude deserves the scrutiny that it's received over the last month, and it will receive more in the days to come. But we can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary. The scale and scope of this plan is right. And the time for action is now."

-- President Barack Obama, 2/7/09

Obama ratchets up the rhetoric on stimulus plan, AP, 2/6/09