Judd Gregg: “I don't think so, to be honest. It appears we do not have any time, either, for Senator Smith.”

We cannot afford to take nuclear energy for granted.

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

The policies behind getting these numbers under control are extremely difficult politically, because they involve very tough decisions.

My experience in these debates, the person who wins is the person who establishes himself with the American people toward the audience, this can be a huge audience, as being one reasonably likable.