“They accuse the Bush nominees of being out of the mainstream of American thought, but polls indicate clearly that the positions they (liberal special interest groups) hold are the ones that are way, way out of the mainstream of American thought.”
“Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Trent Lott (R-MS), and told my son this voluntarily, ‘We're going to confirm your dad by December.’ The groups said, ‘No, not so fast’; so they were calling the shots, they were calling the tempo,”
“I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that he was a threat to these rights. That he was out of the mainstream, and they said that before they had ever researched his record. Doesn't matter.”
“What happened to me is not that important in the scheme of things,” he said. “But what is happening to the judiciary is tremendously important to all Americans. So, I'm not bitter - my spirits are good. My faith has not been weakened. God's grace indeed is sufficient.”
“When we've got a group that's as enthusiastic as they are and that has the energy and desire to make something work, I want to make sure we tap into that, ... You don't get that kind of enthusiasm very often.”
