Claire mccaskill

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate...

The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first...

I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as...

I am a small-town girl.

Well, I'm wrestling alligators.

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party...