"This has been a huge gift to the Democrats' hopes of taking the White House. Because if this does not work, the Democrats are much, much more likely to take the White house in '08."
"Had he been into a winding-down phase, you know, he might have gotten American troops out of there before '08. Now they're certain to be in Iraq during '08. And everybody's fate is suddenly tied to th..."
"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."
"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."
"I think all of us here, Anderson, very much hope this succeeds. But our -- our lament is that it's coming so late in the game. And, in fact, if -- if the stakes are as high as the president says they ..."
"He's staking his political future on that right now."
"The biggest threat John Edwards poses, and it's a serious threat, is to Barack Obama."
"This has taken an awful long time."
"I also think that with Barack Obama, he represents the future. He represents a new chapter."
"No, I think on those three issues, although I do believe that Republicans have a strong argument that the 9/11 Commission legislation really ought to deserve -- deserves more scrutiny than just sort o..."
"But, Anderson, this has the ring of -- 100 hours, of course, is -- is reminiscent of the 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt."
"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."
"Oh, 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."
"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."
"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..."
"There are some areas. I think the president may well emphasize energy next week or two weeks from now in his State of the Union."
"I think he's boxed himself in now over this process. It's been a long drawn out process, too long. He's lost control of the politics of this process and decision making."
"Symbolically very, very important. It's a grim beginning to the New Year, a faithful year for this president and for this war. And I think it makes it much tougher as the president faces his vow to co..."
