So they said

“I don’t know anything about Kansas.” – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., smiling, when Politico asked after the state Supreme Court ruling whether Democrats should spend money to help Greg Orman or attack Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.

“I know it is hard for people in the courtroom to understand, but there are some people in Kansas not breathlessly watching these proceedings.” – Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, during the hearing for Chad Taylor v. Kris Kobach

“It is the biggest election law case we’ve seen here. This is Kansas’ equivalent of Bush v. Gore.” – Fort Hays State University political science professor Chapman Rackaway, quoted in the Guardian about the case

“Democrats, we don’t win elections in Kansas. Republicans lose elections.” – former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, as quoted by Time magazine’s David Von Drehle at the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence

– Rhonda Holman

This story was originally published September 20, 2014 at 7:01 PM with the headline "So they said."