The modern day anarchists known as the Tea Party, they believe in no government.

My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history.

Unemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer you have unemployment insurance, the longer people stay out of work, their skills erode. The job they ultimately get pays less. And that's not to their benefit.

Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

How are my ribs? They're so meaningless it's hard to believe.

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.

This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.