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" I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging. "
Claire McCaskill
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" Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. "
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" Well, I'm wrestling alligators. "
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" Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will. "
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" I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things. "
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" I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity. "
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" You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri. "
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Think
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" Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings. "
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Right
" I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more. "
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Republican
Try
" The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates. "
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System
Lot
Love
" When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care. "
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Single
Care
Mom
" My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work. "
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Doing
Hard
Job
" I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. "
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Know
You
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" Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law. "
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Feel
Confident
Problem
" When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court. "
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Justice
Job
Fight
" I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. "
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Defeated
Think
Left
" I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. "
Claire McCaskill
Think
Bad
Habit
" Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. "
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Point
Struggle
People
" Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is when senators anonymously block legislation or nominations without explanation. "
Claire McCaskill
Mark
Working
Process
" I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you? "
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Day
Election
You
" You never know what'll happen in politics. "
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Happen
Know
Never
" Corporate governance is a huge issue too. We don't have women on these corporate boards. More than half of the students in law school are women, more than half of the women, I think, in medical school now are women. "
Claire McCaskill
Medical
Women
Think
" If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems. "
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Look
History
Great
" When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door. "
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Compromise
Out
Party
" Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly. "
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Public
Your
You
" All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well. "
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Movies
Where
Seem
" There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. "
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Think
Happy
People
" We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities. "
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Young
Need
Law Enforcement
" Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced. "
Claire McCaskill
Government
Civil Rights
Rights
" We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through. "
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Traffic
Through
Move
" There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality. "
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Rules
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