If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.

Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.

What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.

I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.

Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.