When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent and, with a few hard blows, they can force us to retreat. They are mistaken.

We had a shared experience. That makes a good marriage better. In many ways our marriage is great because she has made it great.

They have miscalculated me as a leader.

I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House - just happens to be from the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker as a trustworthy man. He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his word he means it. Sometimes that doesn't happen all the time in the political process.

But as importantly, it lies in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better.

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.