Jay Carney: “There is no doubt that bin Laden is dead. Certainly, there is doubt -- no doubt among al Qaeda members that he is dead.”

There are no options we're taking off the table. But what we're focused on are the options that we can take to affect the situation in the near term.

We absolutely, categorically condemn the violence. We call on the Syrian regime to cease the violence. We are working with our partners internationally to put pressure on the Syrian regime to get it to cease. And we believe that it is…

But in the end, either Iraq is sovereign or it's not. Either we're an occupying force or we're an invited force.

I think that may be part of it. John Edwards didn't run and hasn't run an optimistic campaign because he's gunning to be vice president. He's running that campaign because he thought it would be successful. And he's been proven right.