"There seems to be one aspect of this speech which hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet, is that rather than negotiating with Iran and Syria... he's moving a carrier group into the area."
"If this does not work, the Democrats are much, much more likely to take the White House in '08."
"It would be a nightmare if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, for example, as a Shia nation and then Egypt gets nuclear weapons as a Sunni nation."
"The president has now thrust this into the '08 election. Now they're certain to be in Iraq during '08. And everybody's fate is suddenly tied to that."
"The Democrats don't want to take responsibility for the policy in Iraq. They want to leave that responsibility in the hands of the president."
"John Kerry put an end to the guessing today. The Massachusetts Senator says he will not seek the White House in 2008."
"On the Senate floor today John Kerry said he will not run for president in 2008."
"Because, you know, there are -- there is a fear among people around her that the best day of her campaign is going to come the day she announces."
"I think there's actually going to be more cooperation on Capitol Hill between Republicans and Democrats than there is going to be between Democrats on Capitol Hill and the president."
"If, as the president -- you reported here on CNN the president recommends 20,000 to 40,000 troops, he's going to face a lot of opposition from Democrats, but he's also going to face a lot of oppositio..."
"Every sign points to the fact that within the next couple of weeks, Barack Obama is going to declare -- and around the same time period or shortly thereafter, that Mrs. Clinton is going to declare..."
"I think this is much more about her laying out a path forward, you know, the various, you know, the pros and cons of what she's trying to do."
"I think the president may well emphasize energy next week or two weeks from now in his State of the Union."
"There's nothing you can do. You can't attack him. And it's conceivable that she might even want him to be a running mate."
"Yes, they -- the White House should be, very definitely, nervous about it."
"Yes, I think that they -- that the -- that the Democrats have thrown down the gauntlet."
"Public servants who abuse the public trust and are convicted of ethics crimes should not collect taxpayer-financed pensions."
"We want to keep the Saudis out, just as we want to keep the Iranians out. We do not want a regional conflict."
