WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Rahm responds to another weekend of gun violence by offering $1 milllion in funding for youth programs. The money comes from private funds raised for the NATO summit that were never spent.

Rahm Emanuel

"This [left over NATO money] is what it takes to make sure a community is safe and secure for our children and our families." -- Chicago Tribune

Indiana's Tea Party Gov. Mitch Daniels

“Despite all of the progress that has been in states like ours, the forces of [resistance] never quit.” -- Washington Times

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. 

"Tea party two is going to dwarf tea party one if Obama pushes us off the cliff." -- CBS Political Eye

Curtis Black

Take the longer school day.  Emanuel’s rush for immediate implementation – and an entirely unnecessary adversarial, “win-lose” approach, using the issue (unsuccessfully) as a weapon against the teachers’ union – led to a chaotic, alienating rollout. -- Rahm Emanuel, Job Creator, For President?

Boner

 “We’re nowhere, period,” he said. “We’re nowhere.” -- Boehner Braces America For Going Over The Fiscal Cliff