Are we doing the things, organizationally and legally, that need to be done to prepare for it? Yes.

I have always said we needed more troops in Iraq.

We have just one choice in Iraq, and that is to see our mission there through to victory.

I believe that there are a lot of things that we can do to salvage this, but they all require the presence of additional troops.

Nothing would happen -- that happened tonight would discourage me from -- from making that race.

To start withdrawing troops would be equivalent to surrendering in the central battle front in the war on terror.

You know, I am going to relish this victory.

I never reached the point where I really wanted to run for president.

Harry Reid, for example, the new Senate majority leader, is talking about encouraging the president to personally convene a regional conference, including Syria, as well as Jordan and Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to talk about alternative…

It's been an excellent discussion. It's -- we talked about issues that are important to our country. Election is over. The only way to move forward is with bipartisanship ship and openness, and to get some results. And we have made a…

It's time to say to the Iraqis, we're giving you to this period of time. Get your act together. We're coming home.

American soldiers are losing their lives. I don't think we can wait. I don't think we can ask them to wait.

Don't send us political extremists. There was a time when the president was successful doing that, but I think that time has passed.

We have to have results in doing something to make health care more affordable and more available. We have to do something to create energy independence.

They have set a very bad example in not working with us. We're not following that example.

The election's over. It's time for a change.

I think the American people pretty well have spoken on that, when you look at the vote counts that came in.

I ran on three basic themes. One was reorienting our national defense structure.