Our economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.

If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.

There's only so far you can go before you say enough is enough.

Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic.

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility.