America has become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day.

Many Democrats have a pre-9/11 worldview.

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will - we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to the math.