Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem [Orthodox for God] actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer - to be a or the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body.

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

I think we could be at a tipping point

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.