Michelle Malkin, Author and Syndicated Columnist, On the Service Employees International Union:

"The Service Employees International Union plans to send 25,000 rank-and-file workers on 500 buses to Washington this weekend to protest the tea party movement, Republicans and Fox News. If SEIU members had any sense, they'd be demonstrating at their own bosses' D.C. headquarters. It's the Big Labor Left, not the Tea Party Right, that is flushing rank-and-file union workers' hard-earned...

Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS), Republican Governors Association Chairman, On the Factors Motivating Tea Party Voters:

"Tea party voters have been incited to political action by the policies of the Obama administration and the Pelosi-Reid Congress. These include a heretofore unimaginable federal spending spree, a failed package of stimulus programs, a government takeover of our health-care system, and the Democrats' insistence on raising taxes, particularly on job creators, even though...

"The federal Senate and at least six Republicans want to impose [government sector monopoly bargaining] on states that do not follow these irresponsible practices.

"They are trying to [encourage] financial chaos experienced by those who do and by the federal government. Under what constitutional authority? Under what logic should this be tolerated? It is absurd."

Rush Limbaugh (June 17, 2010)

Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Deputy Editor, On the Political Effects of Out-of-Control Federal Spending:

"Here's your bumper sticker for the 2010 elections: It's the Spending, Stupid.

"Look at the astonishing numbers in the Rasmussen poll released last week. Nearly seven in 10 respondents (68%) want a smaller government, lower taxes and fewer services. The party breakdown: GOP, 88%; Democrats, 44%; and Other, 74%. In short, the independent voters...

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Karl Rove, Former White House Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Providing a Mid-Term Assessment of President Obama and His Administration:

"It's not too early to assess the damage done by America's 44th president. He squandered his mandate and the public's enormous good will. He alienated voters and dropped a heavy yoke on his party with useless spending and a shockingly unpopular health-care bill. With pressure mounting and a potentially...