Politiquotes of the Week: Feb. 17
Obama rises above the fray as other lawmakers duke it out.
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Barack Obama - "As I was looking at some of the really industrial-size locks, I was thinking about the fact that I am the father of two girls who are soon to be in high school, and it might come in handy to have these super-locks,” said President Obama during a visit to Wisconsin’s Master Lock Company to tout his economic plans. —Joyce Jones(Photo: JASON REED/Landov)
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Joe Klein - Mitt Romney has become a "mudslinger, with nothing positive to say," said Time magazine columnist Joe Klein in an appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball.(Photo: Courtesy CBS News)
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Foster Friess - “Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly," said Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess during a discussion of the Affordable Care Act mandate requiring all health care plans to provide contraception. He later acknowledged that his “joke bombed.”(Photo: Ron Sachs/Landov)
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Newt Gingrich - “[At] some point, it's going to sink in to people, if all Gov. Romney has is negative campaigning, where's his positive message?” said GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in a Fox News interview.(Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)
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Maxine Waters - “These are demons. They are legislators who are destroying this country rather than bringing us together, creating jobs, making sure we have a good tax policy, bringing our jobs from back off-shore, incentivizing those who keep jobs here,” said Rep. Maxine Waters of the House GOP’s top two leaders.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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