Scott McClellan: “The terrorists and Saddam loyalists want to turn back to the past of oppression and brutality. That will not happen.”

Unfortunately, I think too many people today do look at Washington and say, 'All they're giving us is spin and manipulation, and they're not working together to get things done.'

But the federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal government is the failsafe backstop to all that.

I think he believes that. He's convinced himself to believe that, but I don't think it's true.

The federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal government is the failsafe backstop to all that.