“Democrats don't have a day to waste in unifying around that shared goal.”
“It has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be maxed out.”
“They're going to be sending it, and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month.”
“We can't stay silent in the face of a death of this magnitude, which happened while a man in difficulty was in the hands of the Police.”
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!”
“The atmosphere of disarray and gridlock and dysfunction and chaos in Washington doesn’t serve the American people.”

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On the recordNovember 12, 2012
Well, whether the president has a mandate is a matter of opinion. Whether he has power is a matter of fact.
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David Frum discusses the distinction between the president's perceived mandate and the actual power he holds.

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