On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.

Now Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like mine to identify with him. It's hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. He needs to do more to reach out to Latinos.

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

This Budget reflects a choice - not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

In Washington, when you’re a leader, you have to put aside partisan politics to do what’s right for the people.