Our top priority is our troops, who are making the extraordinary effort to fulfill the mission they have been given. Democrats will work with this Administration to better define that mission and a realistic expectation of success in Iraq.

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

You ought not be afraid of nuclear, but respectful of it. Yes, it has dangers, but it also has benefits. If not for nuclear, much of the medicine that's saving lives today would not be in existence.

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.

Get yourself prepared, educationally and emotionally, and develop mental toughness. Don't ever give up.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.