Politiquotes of the Week: April 20

Obama and Romney test-drive general election messages.

Obama vs. Romney - President Obama and GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney are trying out messages on the campaign trail. Obama is arguing that the change voters sought in 2008 has just begun. Romney says the president is a "nice guy," but the country can't afford four more years with Obama. -Joyce Jones

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Obama vs. Romney - President Obama and GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney are trying out messages on the campaign trail. Obama is arguing that the change voters sought in 2008 has just begun. Romney says the president is a "nice guy," but the country can't afford four more years with Obama. -Joyce Jones

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Barack Obama - "I actually had the chance to sit in Rosa Parks' bus," said President Obama after a visit to the Henry Ford Museum. "I just sat there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that is part of our very recent history, but is also a part of that long line of folks - sometimes nameless, oftentimes didn't make the history books - but who constantly insisted on their dignity, their stake in the American Dream."\r(Photo: Pete Souza/White House Photo via Getty Images)

Barack Obama - "We knew the changes that we believed in wouldn't necessarily come quickly, but we understood that if we were determined that we could overcome any obstacle, that we could beat any challenge," said President Obama at a fundraiser in New York. "And in just three years, because of what you did in 2008, we've begun to see what change looks like. We've begun to see it."\r\r(Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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Barack Obama - "We knew the changes that we believed in wouldn't necessarily come quickly, but we understood that if we were determined that we could overcome any obstacle, that we could beat any challenge," said President Obama at a fundraiser in New York. "And in just three years, because of what you did in 2008, we've begun to see what change looks like. We've begun to see it."\r\r(Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Mitt Romney - "The president's a nice guy, but we just can't afford him for four more years. Our kids can't afford him," said GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney in a Fox News interview.\r(Photo: REUTERS/Tim Shaffer)

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Mitt Romney - "The president's a nice guy, but we just can't afford him for four more years. Our kids can't afford him," said GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney in a Fox News interview.\r(Photo: REUTERS/Tim Shaffer)

Herman Cain - "To Newt Gingrich I would say, 'Speaker Gingrich, with all due respect, let's get on with this, OK?'" said former presidential candidate Herman Cain in a WMAL radio interview. "I even endorsed Newt Gingrich at one point because I thought he had a shot. Well, not now. He doesn't have a shot."\r(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - "To Newt Gingrich I would say, 'Speaker Gingrich, with all due respect, let's get on with this, OK?'" said former presidential candidate Herman Cain in a WMAL radio interview. "I even endorsed Newt Gingrich at one point because I thought he had a shot. Well, not now. He doesn't have a shot."\r(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Marco Rubio - "Three, four, five, six, seven years from now, if I do a good job as a vice president - I'm sorry, as senator - I'll have the chance to do all sorts of things," said freshman Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in a Freudian slip of the tongue at a National Journal  forum.\r\r\r(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Marco Rubio - "Three, four, five, six, seven years from now, if I do a good job as a vice president - I'm sorry, as senator - I'll have the chance to do all sorts of things," said freshman Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in a Freudian slip of the tongue at a National Journal  forum.\r\r\r(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

John Lewis - "Where is your compassion? Where is your heart? Where is your soul?" asked Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) during a Ways & Means Committee hearing on budget cuts that would slash safety net items such as food stamps.\r(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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John Lewis - "Where is your compassion? Where is your heart? Where is your soul?" asked Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) during a Ways & Means Committee hearing on budget cuts that would slash safety net items such as food stamps.\r(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Van Jones - "You always have some Americans that, they don't want to go forward. 'We like slavery', or 'we like segregation,' or 'we like women not voting,' or 'we like the environment being destroyed, we like workers having no rights, we like children in factories'. And they want to conserve, ahem, conserve, ahem, conserve the old ways," said former White House green energy czar Van Jones in an interview with allhiphop.com.\r\r(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Van Jones - "You always have some Americans that, they don't want to go forward. 'We like slavery', or 'we like segregation,' or 'we like women not voting,' or 'we like the environment being destroyed, we like workers having no rights, we like children in factories'. And they want to conserve, ahem, conserve, ahem, conserve the old ways," said former White House green energy czar Van Jones in an interview with allhiphop.com.\r\r(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

Barack Obama - "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth," said President Obama during a speech in Ohio. "Michelle wasn't. But somebody gave us a chance."\r(Photo: Michael Francis McElroy/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth," said President Obama during a speech in Ohio. "Michelle wasn't. But somebody gave us a chance."\r(Photo: Michael Francis McElroy/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney - I'm not going to apologize for my dad's success, but I know the president likes to attack fellow Americans," said Mitt Romney on Fox & Friends, responding to a query about Obama's silver spoon remark. "He's always looking for a scapegoat, particularly those that have been successful like my dad, and I'm not going to rise to that."\r(Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - I'm not going to apologize for my dad's success, but I know the president likes to attack fellow Americans," said Mitt Romney on Fox & Friends, responding to a query about Obama's silver spoon remark. "He's always looking for a scapegoat, particularly those that have been successful like my dad, and I'm not going to rise to that."\r(Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)

Stephen Colbert - "Who is Romney's perfect match, the yin to his yang, the sugar to his spicelessness? Who can appeal to the conservative base without being more interesting than he is? asked comedian Stephen Colbert about a prospective vice presidential nominee. “Maybe Romney should go with something blander like a headless Joseph A. Bank mannequin, or a rice cake or a heel of white bread. Who can Mitt Romney find who won't overshadow him?"\r(Photo: Courtesy Comedy Central)

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Stephen Colbert - "Who is Romney's perfect match, the yin to his yang, the sugar to his spicelessness? Who can appeal to the conservative base without being more interesting than he is? asked comedian Stephen Colbert about a prospective vice presidential nominee. “Maybe Romney should go with something blander like a headless Joseph A. Bank mannequin, or a rice cake or a heel of white bread. Who can Mitt Romney find who won't overshadow him?"\r(Photo: Courtesy Comedy Central)