The most successful of politicians on both sides of the Atlantic--think President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher--were known to be very kind to their subordinates.
That is how I think most of us -- on both sides of the aisle -- see our efforts.
This time, "There is a new, I think, appreciation on both sides of the aisle -- including maybe more importantly on the Republican side of the aisle -- that we have to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill, " said McCain, the party's 2008 presidential nominee.
My views on various topics are all over the board, and I can alienate a lot of people on both sides of the aisle by telling them what I think.
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The one thing I did say I think to both sides is the window of opportunity still exists but it's getting more and more difficult.
"I think we all, on both sides of this house, did a bit too much cozying up to Mr. Murdoch, " he told the House of Commons.
So I think all of those require that we try on both sides a little harder to understand where the other side is, and more importantly, to understand where we all agree.
"We are going into this with our eyes wide open but I think there is a lot of political will on both sides of the Atlantic, " said Michael Froman, White House deputy national-security adviser for international economic affairs.
"I think Ray has the ability to work both sides of the aisle well, " Johnson said.
And I think that the degree of cooperation and bilateral cooperation on both sides of the border is a manifestation.
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Ms. NOVAK: Well, I think you're seeing a lot of attacks ads on both sides.
When you can look and hear the competing statements from members of both parties and think there is no way these two sides are going to find common ground and come together -- and yet there is a way because the American people demand it and the American economy demands it.
That would put her hearing sometime in mid-July, which would I think provide a timetable by which the due diligence of senators on both sides of the aisle can be accomplished.
"You rarely see this kind of meeting with this kind of array of cabinet officials on both sides, so I think it indicates this is the real deal, " Ms Napolitano said.
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The fact that Russia's entrant, Anastasia Prikhodko, was born in Ukraine and sings partly in Ukrainian has been greeted with outrage on both sides of the border from people who think she is either a traitor or an imposter.
Instead -- instead of rejecting good ideas because we didn't think of them first, let's use the best ideas from both sides.
But I think what comes out of Thursday will be predicated on a willingness by both sides to sit down and have face-to-face discussions and look for that commonality.
And I think the voice of a lot of people is being heard, and on both sides of this issue.
But the fact is, I think most politicians, most of the people that I know of are on both sides of the aisle do espouse what they believe in.
And I think both sides are going to sit down and see if they can make some of that progress.
The point, I think, was to humanize the entire issue on both sides, and show how the system of prohibition is slowly dehumanizing and traumatizing everyone involved in some way or another.
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Most observers think both sides will use the occasion to underline their positions heading into the next round of the budget wars -- a possible government shutdown on March 27, when current federal funding authority expires.
And so both sides have to begin to think about their long-term strategic interests instead of worrying about can I gain a short-term tactical advantage here or there, and say to themselves, what's the big picture and how do we get this done?
Both sides of the community in Northern Ireland have their concerns about the Bill - unionists think it goes too far, and nationalists argue that it is a dilution of the Patten recommendations.
Because of the split inside the GOP their vote is very important to both sides, but especially I think to the President.
We think that coming to the table, coming back to the table, developing the type of confidence and trust that both sides need in these proximity talks, is important to building a process to getting to those final status issues.
The Baker report might rescue both sides in this debate, but I think what that shows you is how diverse this new crop of Democrats is.
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