“It ended up running off the track, not because of the incoming administration, because of the

“It ended up running off the track, not because of the incoming administration, because of the outgoing administration.”

Mitch McConnell

Senate minority leader, criticizing President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican, for his handling of the financial bailout program.

“The American consumer is ... toast, finished, done.”

Stephen Roach

Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong.

“Unless it’s the resolution to memorialize the death of a colleague, I haven’t heard it this quiet in the chambers.”

Illinois Republican Sen. Dan Rutherford

On the silence in the Senate chambers when a House-appointed prosecutor read details of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment.