We could have passed the bill this year if the Republicans had been willing to work with us in a bipartisan manner.

It counts.

I would like to see these races be more positive, talk about what ideas people have to build the future.

That matters.

This is a very great country with enormous capacity to deal with our problems.

We can't walk away from it. It's killing the budget.

California has benefited more from NAFTA than any other State, with the possible exception of Texas.

We took this health care debate further than it had ever been taken in American history.

We need a few more doers up there.

This is not the answer, in my opinion.

We are moving in the right direction because we have played on America's strengths.

I don't know that it will affect NAFTA, but it will certainly affect our relations with Mexico.

This guy is the only person who thinks that none of this matters.

We're going to be all right, and don't you let anybody tell you any different.

The best social program is a good job.

We have to do it.

These campaigns have just turned into nothing more than multimillion dollar negative ad slugfests.

I think to some—I think I underestimated a couple of things.