Politiquotes of the Week: Sept. 2

Republicans slam President Obama’s economic policies.

Chris Christie - "Get the hell off the beach in Asbury Park. You're done. Do not waste any more time working on your tan," said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as Hurricane Irene made her way to his state and the Jersey Shore.(Photo: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Chris Christie - "Get the hell off the beach in Asbury Park. You're done. Do not waste any more time working on your tan," said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as Hurricane Irene made her way to his state and the Jersey Shore.(Photo: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

André Carson - “I am deeply concerned about some elements of the Tea Party who are extremist and who have reflected a mentality going back to the John Birch society, going back to George Wallace's Dixiecrats,” said Rep. André Carson, defending an earlier statement that Tea Party members want to see African-Americans “hanging on a tree.”(Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper)

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André Carson - “I am deeply concerned about some elements of the Tea Party who are extremist and who have reflected a mentality going back to the John Birch society, going back to George Wallace's Dixiecrats,” said Rep. André Carson, defending an earlier statement that Tea Party members want to see African-Americans “hanging on a tree.”(Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper)

Herman Cain - "The Democrats have no results to run on, they have no plans that are working. The president doesn't have any plans that are working; he's broken a lot of promises. All they have left, Greta, is name-calling to try and intimidate those that might associate with the Tea Party. They have taken the race card to a new low," said Herman Cain in an interview with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - "The Democrats have no results to run on, they have no plans that are working. The president doesn't have any plans that are working; he's broken a lot of promises. All they have left, Greta, is name-calling to try and intimidate those that might associate with the Tea Party. They have taken the race card to a new low," said Herman Cain in an interview with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Newt Gingirch - "From one speaker to another ... nicely done John,” Newt Gingrich tweeted to House Speaker John Boehner after the latter rebuffed President Obama’s request to address Congress on Sept. 7.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingirch - "From one speaker to another ... nicely done John,” Newt Gingrich tweeted to House Speaker John Boehner after the latter rebuffed President Obama’s request to address Congress on Sept. 7.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Richard Wolffe - "The interesting question is: What is it about this president that has stripped away the veneer of respect that normally accompanies the office of the president? Why do Republicans think this president is unpresidential and should dare to request this kind of thing?” asked MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe on The Last Word, in response to House Speaker John Boehner's rebuff of Obama's request to address Congress on Sept. 7. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)

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Richard Wolffe - "The interesting question is: What is it about this president that has stripped away the veneer of respect that normally accompanies the office of the president? Why do Republicans think this president is unpresidential and should dare to request this kind of thing?” asked MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe on The Last Word, in response to House Speaker John Boehner's rebuff of Obama's request to address Congress on Sept. 7. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO)

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Rush Limbaugh - "We don't respect [President Obama] because he doesn't respect the country. We don't respect him because he's trying to reverse centuries of greatness in this country," said conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in response to MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe’s questioning Republicans’ treatment of the president.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney - “I have spent most of my life outside of politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy” tweeted Romney in what may be a veiled swipe at Rick Perry, who’s spent the majority of his professional life in politics.(Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Mitt Romney - “I have spent most of my life outside of politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy” tweeted Romney in what may be a veiled swipe at Rick Perry, who’s spent the majority of his professional life in politics.(Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Rick Santorum - “They said the same thing about Michele Bachmann a few weeks ago. Candidates have gone from zero to 30 points, and then back down to two,” Rick Santorum said of Rick Perry’s lead in the polls since the Texas governor entered the presidential race. “It happened to Herman Cain, now Michele Bachmann is drifting down.”(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Rick Santorum - “They said the same thing about Michele Bachmann a few weeks ago. Candidates have gone from zero to 30 points, and then back down to two,” Rick Santorum said of Rick Perry’s lead in the polls since the Texas governor entered the presidential race. “It happened to Herman Cain, now Michele Bachmann is drifting down.”(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)