Politiquotes of the Week: Feb. 10

Conservatives pile on Obama at annual conference.

Barack Obama - “There is no excuse for doing nothing to help more families avoid foreclosure,” said President Obama, urging the public to push Congress to pass a mortgage loan modification bill. “We are Americans and we look out for one another. We get each other’s backs. That’s not a Democratic issue; that’s not a Republican issue. That’s who we are as Americans.” —Joyce Jones(Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - “There is no excuse for doing nothing to help more families avoid foreclosure,” said President Obama, urging the public to push Congress to pass a mortgage loan modification bill. “We are Americans and we look out for one another. We get each other’s backs. That’s not a Democratic issue; that’s not a Republican issue. That’s who we are as Americans.” —Joyce Jones(Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

Rick Perry - "If it’s halftime in America, I'm fearful of what the final score will be if we start this president as the quarterback,” said former presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Rick Perry - "If it’s halftime in America, I'm fearful of what the final score will be if we start this president as the quarterback,” said former presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rand Paul - "I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just those who aren’t campaign contributors?" said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

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Rand Paul - "I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just those who aren’t campaign contributors?" said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio - Obama “looks like he's a really good father and a really good husband, but he is a terrible president" said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Marco Rubio - Obama “looks like he's a really good father and a really good husband, but he is a terrible president" said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) at the Conservative Political Action Conference.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Herman Cain - "A lot of people thought that after the character assassination that was launched against me that Herman was going to shut up and sit down and go away," Cain told a group of conservative activists in February. "Ain't going to happen." (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - "A lot of people thought that after the character assassination that was launched against me that Herman was going to shut up and sit down and go away," Herman Cain said to a jam-packed ballroom of conservative activists Thursday afternoon. "Ain't going to happen."(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Rick Santorum - "This race has always been about Mitt Romney and his money beating up whoever got in his way. What you saw here was, in a sense, a fair fight, which is like what it is going to be like in the fall. He won't have a five-to-one advantage over Barack Obama going into the fall election. At best, it will be a fair fight. He can't win a fair fight; he got trumped in a fair fight," said Rick Santorum on Fox News' Hannity.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Rick Santorum - "This race has always been about Mitt Romney and his money beating up whoever got in his way. What you saw here was, in a sense, a fair fight, which is like what it is going to be like in the fall. He won't have a five-to-one advantage over Barack Obama going into the fall election. At best, it will be a fair fight. He can't win a fair fight; he got trumped in a fair fight," said Rick Santorum on Fox News' Hannity.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney - “I know it seems like government doesn’t like you,” Mitt Romney told a group of about 900 business people Friday morning. “I love you.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - “I know it seems like government doesn’t like you,” Mitt Romney told a group of about 900 business people Friday morning. “I love you.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)