Under the Republican provision, you can't do get-out-the-vote efforts if you work in affordable housing, ... There is an extremism here that is not comprehensible except if you know the history. |
We are not taking anybody's pay or even setting any limits. |
We will be seeking to knock out that part that says groups that engage in voter-registration and get-out-the-vote activities are not eligible. |
When I spoke to him, the first thing I did was tease him, saying I thought this was a ploy because he wants to run for Congress. It's not anything that's fun to do, sharing with people intimate things about himself, but it's important and unimportant at the same time. It's something important for him to be honest with people, but it doesn't affect how he does his job. |
You showed your credentials by being able to talk about all this detail, but a lot of people - including Democrats - got sucked into it. They learned the lingo, but they forgot it had no relation to reality. It was like critics of 'The Three Stooges' debating the right way to squirt seltzer up your nose. They forgot that the whole thing was a little silly. |