From the Senate Communications Center:

NBC’S CHUCK TODD: “Republicans Were Seen 10 Times More Prepared For This Summit Than The Democrats Were.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 2/26/10)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE’S JOHN HEILEMANN: “Did They [Republicans] Beat Expectations? I Think They Did In That Regard. They Came Across As Sober, And Respectful And Serious and that they had a dispute with the President and Democrats that was rooted in what seemed to be calm, collected, real judgment.” (MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2/26/10)

DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CONSULTANT DAN GERSTEIN: “The Republican Tone Was Just Right: A Respectful, Substantive Disagreement, Very Disciplined And Consistent In Their Message.” (“No Clear Winner In Seven-Hour Gabfest,” Politico, 2/26/10)
 
POLITICO: “But Instead, The Republicans Who Showed Up Generally Looked Reasonable And Sincere.” (“The Aftermath: Confusion, Conflict,” Politico, 2/26/10)

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S PEGGY NOONAN: “The Choice Of Sen. Lamar Alexander As The First GOP Spokesman Was Smart.” (Peggy Noonan, Op-Ed, “More Boor Than Cure,” The Wall Street Journal, 2/26/10)

POLITICO: “The GOP’s Smartest Move, Democrats Say, Was Picking Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, A Folksy, Even-Keeled Conservative With A Moderate Disposition, To Lead Off.  Alexander eschewed the usual GOP talking points, instead offering a barbed olive branch, disavowing South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s prediction that health care would be Obama’s “Waterloo” — while pressing the moral argument for passing the bill through reconciliation.” (“No Clear Winner In Seven-Hour Gabfest,” Politico, 2/26/10)
 
THE WASHINGTON POST: “Republicans Such As Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) Had A Point When They Questioned Whether Promised Savings Will Materialize.” (Editorial, “Summit Fails To Bridge Partisan Gaps On Health Reform,” The Washington Post, 2/26/10)
 
POLITICO: “Gallup Polls Going In Showed The Public Didn’t Favor Obama’s Bill And Also Opposed The Reconciliation Process – And It’s Hard To Picture How The Summit Changed Those Results.” (“The Aftermath: Confusion, Conflict,” Politico, 2/26/10)

THE ATLANTIC’S MARC AMBINDER: “It Was A Wash -- And The Tie Goes To The Republicans.” “The political world watched the proceedings at Blair House looking for theatre: instead, a policy fight broke out. This time, both sides came armored, and there was no referee. It was a wash -- and the tie goes to the Republicans.” (“The Summit Was A Tie – And That’s Good News For GOP,” CBS News’ Political Hotsheet, 2/25/10)

POLITICO: “But In This Case, The Tie Goes To Republicans, according to operatives on both sides of the aisle — because the stakes were so much higher for Democrats trying to build their case for ramming reform through using a 51-vote reconciliation tactic.” (“No Clear Winner In Seven-Hour Gabfest,” Politico, 2/26/10)

POLITICO: “Disciplined Republicans Came Off Looking More Like Principled Opponents than foaming-at-the-mouth obstructionists. And though they griped about it, Republicans were probably helped by President Obama’s penchant for monopolizing the microphone.” (“Obama: If GOP Doesn’t Cooperate, We’ll Go It Alone,” Politico, 2/26/10) 

CNN’S DAVID GERGEN: “Intellectually, The Republicans Had The Best Day They’ve Had In Years. The Best Day They Have Had In Years.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 2/25/10)

CNN’s DAVID GERGEN: “The Folks In The White House Just Must Be Kicking Themselves Right Now. They thought that coming out of Baltimore when the President went in and was mesmerizing and commanding in front of the House Republicans that he could do that again here today. That would revive health care and would change the public opinion about their health care bill and they can go on to victory. Just the opposite has happened.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

NPR’S MARA LIASSON: “I Think That The Republicans Made Their Arguments Very Well.” (Fox News, 2/25/10)

CNN’S WOLF BLITZER: “And The Republicans Had Less Speaking Time, But They Took Full Advantage Of Every Minute They Had.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 2/25/10)
 
THE HILL’S A.B. STODDARD: “I Think We Need To Start Out By Acknowledging Republicans Brought Their ‘A Team.’ They had doctors knowledgeable about the system, they brought substance to the table, and they, I thought, expressed interest in the reform.  I thought in the lecture from Senator John McCain and on the issue of transparency, I thought today the Democrats were pretty much on their knees.” (Fox News’ “Live,” 2/25/10)

CNN’s GLORIA BORGER: “The Republicans Have Been Very Effective Today. They Really Did Come To Play. They Were Very Smart.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

BORGER: “They took on the substance of a very complex issue. … But they really stuck to the substance of this issue and tried to get to the heart of it and I think did a very good job.” (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)

BORGER: “They came in with a plan. They mapped it out.”  (CNN’s “Live,” 2/25/10)
 
POLITICO: “By The Afternoon, However, Both Sides Took A More Substantive Approach That Played To The Republicans’ Benefit, given Democratic attempts to portray them as unreasonable and partisan.” (“Six Hours Later, Stalemate Remains,” Politico, 2/25/10)

FOX NEWS’ CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: “The Republicans Really Helped Themselves. The argument against them, it’s the party of no, they have no ideas, they are against anything, they’re nihilists. In fact, they spent seven hours, I think, presenting a very strong case. They're knowledgeable. They have ideas. They are interested in reform, but they have differences. Lamar Alexander was dazzling, Paul Ryan was rapier sharp in rebutting all of the smoke and mirrors that the democrats had presented.” (Fox News, 2/25/10)

JAMES CARVILLE: “First, In General, You’d Have To Say, By The Most Part Most Of These People Were Pretty Knowledgeable, They Had Done Their Homework … I Thought That Senator Alexander And Senator Coburn Did Great...” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 2/25/10)

FOX NEWS’ BRET BAIER: “Republicans Had A Strong Day Making Their Points.” (Fox News’ “Live,” 2/25/10)

WASHINGTON POST’S MICHAEL GERSON: “The Democrats’ Health-Care Ambush Failed”(Michael Gerson, Op-Ed, “The Democrats' Health-Care Ambush Failed,” The Washington Post, 2/25/10)