The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically.

It's absolutely crucial for the Democrats to have a sense of their history, of who they are, in order to be able to project their values and stand up for them.

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office.

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook.

Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.

The incubator for terrorism, after the Middle East, is Europe, partly because of proximity, partly because of the existence of large Muslim communities there.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.