Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it’s unseemly. — Claire McCaskill
The political system loves the extremes, it doesn’t so much show a lot love for the moderates. — Claire McCaskill
What we have done with no child left behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because — Claire McCaskill
I think, first of all, you know, washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. — Claire McCaskill
I think there are certain folks in missouri that don’t trust government. And they haven’t trusted government for a long time. — Claire McCaskill
I think I’m the last democrat left in the senate after russ feingold was defeated that won’t take earmarks. — Claire McCaskill
I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern… in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said — Claire McCaskill
I don’t know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while — Claire McCaskill
Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect social security? I absolutely will. — Claire McCaskill
I’m the only united states senator in the country that I’m aware of that’s had the far left up — Claire McCaskill
If you look through history, all of the great work we’ve done in congress has been around a table of compromise — Claire McCaskill
My first obligation is my job. It’s very hard to really get into campaign mode when you’ve got to focus on doing the work. — Claire McCaskill
I’m a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. — Claire McCaskill
I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. — Claire McCaskill
Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is — Claire McCaskill
No commander in chief would ever say, ‘i’m not going to listen to the guys on the ground.’ — Claire McCaskill
When you work in the united states senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs — Claire McCaskill
You know, we’ve got to be responsible about our debt. We don’t want the united states to ever be a dead beat — Claire McCaskill
There’s nothing that irritates americans more than the fact that some members of congress think — Claire McCaskill