Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.

We talked about the resources that the justice department has available to help them -- the technical assistance to ensure that we're diffusing situations, not encouraging them to spiral out of control.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

American people aren't interested in the procedural analysis. What they want is an up and down vote. They deserve an up and down vote on health care.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.

Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.