If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.

What we do right now, today, matters.

Here I am in the state of New Mexico. George Bush is still in the state of denial. New Mexico has five electoral votes. The state of denial has none. I like my chances.