This, after all, is what led them to wear the uniform in the first place - their unwavering belief in the idea of America.

The brave Americans who fight today believe deeply in this country.

It requires standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our veterans and their families after the guns fall silent and the cameras are turned off.

They serve and fight and bleed together out of loyalty not just to a place on a map or a certain kind of people, but to a set of ideals that we have been striving for since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord.

So to the mothers in my life and to the mothers in all our lives, Happy Mother's Day.

Over the next six months, Vote for Change is going to bring new participants into the process, adding scores of new voices to this critical dialogue about our future.

I am proud to have Congressman Mitchell's support.

I want to have a broad-ranging discussions with Senator Clinton about how I could make her feel good about the process and have her on the team moving forward. But as I said it's premature right now. She's still actively running. And we…

There's nothing wrong with us figuring out how, in a clean way, to utilize our coal resources.

I would want to have a broad-ranging discussion with Senator Clinton about how I could make her feel good about the process and have her on the team moving forward. But, as I said, it's premature right now. She's still actively running…

I have said that they are a terrorist organization, that we should not negotiate with them unless they recognize Israel, renounce violence and unless they're willing to abide by previous accords between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

I'm actually looking forward to it. If we're successful, I don't want to get ahead of myself here. Senator Clinton is a very formidable candidate.

I will raise CEO taxes. There is no doubt about it.

I think we have seen voters across the country say they are ready for change.

I want to eliminate the Bush tax cuts.

We have had an administration that's been profligate, that has raised our national debt to a record level.

This -- this is offensive. And I think it's disappointing, because John McCain always says, well, I'm not going to run that kind of politics.

I think it was a huge strategic blunder.