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.

We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.

Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.

I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are a really useful thing.

I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.

I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.

When I've sent young men and women into harm's way, I always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort.