In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.

I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

George Bush's vision does not live up to the America I enlisted in the Navy to defend, the America I have fought for in the Senate, and the America that I hope to lead as president.

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.