I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes time. Yeah, we've been at it 240 years.

George W. Bush has done a magnificent job.

We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of government - one can't overrule the other two.

John McCain will follow the fanatics to their caves in Pakistan or to the gates of hell. What Obama wants to do is give them a place setting at the table.

When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper, because that was the only thing they would let us use in the dorm, and we would fry squirrels in a popcorn popper in the dorm room.

Marriage as an institution is not so much threatened by same-sex couples as it is by heterosexuals' increasing indifference to it.

I'm from Hope, Arkansas, you may have heard of it. All I'm asking is, give us one more chance.