Verbatim

Jan. 10, 2013

“No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer.”

— N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address January 9. Cuomo called for “the toughest assault weapons ban in the nation” and the elimination of all high-capacity magazines.

Jan. 09, 2013

“I’m reporting TIME magazine to the anti-Italian defamation league.”

— New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joking about his TIME cover this week on Don Imus' radio show. “It makes you look like Tony Soprano,” Imus said, referring to the fictional mob boss on the HBO show “The Sopranos.”

Jan. 08, 2013

“Yeah, you’re damn right I’d be more ready.”

— New Jersey Governor Chris Christie when asked by the Star-Ledger if he is better prepared for a 2016 presidential run than he was for the 2012 cycle. Gov. Christie has been commended by Democrats and Republicans alike for his response to Hurricane Sandy.

Jan. 07, 2013

“I need this job like I need a hole in the head.”

— House Speaker John Boehner in today's Wall Street Journal.

Nov. 15, 2012

“I think that's absolutely wrong. I don't think that represents where we are as a party and where we're going as a party.”

— Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal, rejecting Mitt Romney's contention that Romney's defeat to Barack Obama was the result of Obama lavishing "gifts" on minority groups and young voters

Nov. 14, 2012

“With great respect, that's one of the dumbest questions I've ever heard.”

— Republican Senator John McCain, responding Wednesday to a reporter who asked whether the potential national security threat posed by the Petraeus affair outweighed that of the Benghazi attack.

Nov. 13, 2012

“It's a very political neighborhood.”

— A neighbor of Holly Solomon, a 28-year-old Arizona woman who allegedly rammed her husband with her SUV because she was upset he had not voted in the presidential election. Solomon was furious about President Obama's re-election, according to local police. She faces aggravated-assault and reckless-driving charges; her husband sustained a fractured pelvis

Oct. 09, 2012

“It's like Hollywood movies. Most people say there is too much violence and sex, but those are the only tickets that sell.”

Sept. 25, 2012

“I always say, always have a prenuptial agreement. But I won't say that because you people don't get divorced, right?”

Sept. 12, 2012

“How could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save?”

Aug. 27, 2012

“There are 435 of us, and on any given day, you know, some of them are out doing things they probably shouldn’t be doing.”

Aug. 17, 2012

“I could take money from the devil and make it do God's will.”

Aug. 16, 2012

“I did go back and look at my taxes, and over the past 10 years I never paid less than 13%.”