I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad name.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.