The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon.

So what we - all we really want, I think, from the so-called Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is really to stand up for what we believe in.

It is true that there`s an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth and all that kind of stuff.

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

This is a struggle between good and evil and we're the good?

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.