Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
Claire Conner McCaskillis an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Missouri. The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri in her own right, she defeated Republican incumbent Jim Talent in the 2006 election, by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. She became the state's senior U.S. Senator upon the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011 and won a bid for re-election in 2012, defeating Republican Todd Akin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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 is wrong on some things.
I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.
Well, Im wrestling alligators.
It's very hard from a distance to figure out who has lost their minds. One party, the other party, all of us, the president.
Universities simply unable to play judge, jury and executioner when they're already having trouble playing educator. Resources are limited and colleges must put their focus on their primary objective: education.
What? You don't trust me?
The political system loves the extremes, it doesnt so much show a lot love for the moderates.
Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.
The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.
[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.
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 hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?
What is most heartbreaking to me is the young women who don't report [being raped] because they were drinking, and they feel like it was their fault that they were drinking. I mean, that is so common.
I want to compliment the fraternity and sorority organizations for taking the time to meet with us and then removing their support from the legislation that would have been so counterproductive for a goal that I think we all share - and that is making campuses safer and the successful prosecution of people who commit serious crimes. So, good on them that they backed off, and we don't have to fight them.