I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system undercutting the Czech Republic in Poland. We've I think not dealt with Iran with the kind of resolve that would show that we understand the nature of that threat.

In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.