One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for that party during their adult lifetimes in disproportionate numbers.

We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to the grandstands.

It’s easy to confuse motion with progress.

Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

I think it's particularly raw coming the day after the Electoral College, and Bill Clinton, he's taking this hard. It's been very hard to him. He thought his wife was gonna win. He believed she should have won. I think he believes, basically, it was an unfair result.

If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies. Obama has been a pioneer in joining the powers of the Internet with the principles of community organizing. Howard Dean used the Internet for meetups - Obama used it to create a movement.