Ari Fleischer Quotes on Parties (8 Quotes)

I think time will tell. They both understand the president's message and the president's message is strongly that war doesn't serve either party.

The president is going to work very hard to try to help the parties come together to achieve a two-state solution to the violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians. This is a priority for the president, and he's committed to it.

I think it shows -- and I'm going to speak very carefully because I'm speaking about some, not all, because clearly there are members in the AFL-CIO who do not see it that way -- but I think it's a further sign that there are some who are becoming attachments of the Democratic National Committee and the liberal wing of the party.

willingness by the parties themselves to end the violence.

I think he's now testing whether enough time and bitterness have passed since the parties, and the country, were so deeply split during the 2004 campaign. My believe is he wants to make such meetings worthwhile again.

Elizabeth Dole has an appeal to all voters. She's one of the few people in the business who is liked by all wings of the party and independent voters. She is one of the few people who, when she makes an endorsement, it can move people.

Gone are the days when this daily session was a serious affair, with mostly serious questions asked and mostly serious answers given. Instead, the public is now treated to a spectacle in which the media do their best to pressure the White House, regardless of which party is in power, into admitting that much of what the president is doing is wrong, and the White House pushes back.

The president believes that all the parties in the Middle East have to take advantage of what is happening today and see this as a moment to realize the repercussions of going down the wrong road. That's a road that has led to terrorism and to the conflict in the Middle East, has led to war.