The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, and the security of the world.

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

People should really take care when they vote, and pay more attention to what people say they're going to do - instead of just how they feel about how things are going.

We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.

Today's possibilities are not tomorrows guarantees.

We're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.

Only a fool does not look to explain his mistakes.