HTML

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/generate.html#quotes-specify

Style blockquote with no indent, different color, and :before and :after open-quote and close-quote.

#block-views-featuredsupporter-block_1 blockquote {
  margin: 1em 0;
  color: #0e4e60;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}

Summary of the issue below, and then the beginnings of a search for a solution.

Currently TinyMCE with the WYSIWYG API is in use.

Problems with the wysywg editor, which is a life or death issue for the site.

Problem 1: gibberish code inserted after cut and paste from Word
Problem 2: arbitrary line breaks inserted into text – they are invisible in the editor, visible in preview and in publish, but are not at all fixable by using the editor.