Speakeasy

Published May 29, 2008 4:00am ET



So she’s going to have the capacity to debate and participate in the legislative action much more than she ever did before. Even more than Ted Kennedy.”

– Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., giving  the New York Observer’s Eliot Brown his take on Hillary Clinton’s

post-presidential campaign prospects in the Senate

“I was a little worried you were going to yell: ‘Give him the bird!’ ”

President Bush, giving the commencement address at the Air Force Academy on Wednesday. (He was referring to a falcon statue traditionally given to guests of the academy.)

“It’s not just that the Republicans choked, it’s that we did something right.”

– Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Crider, talking to us about House Democrats’ recent electoral success