We have to get a transition going, so that we can have a smooth process from the George Allen people into ours.

I would like to also, today, call on our president to publicly denounce the campaign tactics that have divided us, rather than brought us together.

This was a brutal campaign, and, in -- in many ways, an unnecessarily brutal campaign. And I think it's hurting the country.

The campaign is over.

I think we've reached the point here where most of the people in this country will -- want a positive solution, want an answer.

The second theme is economic fairness, with the breakdown of our society in a way that we probably haven't seen since the 1880s in the age of globalization.

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

You don't have a strategy if you can't articulate the end point.

And the third is the accountability of this administration.

We have to get a transition going so that we can have a smooth process from the George Allen people into ours.

It's time for people in the Congress and also people like this Iraq Study Group that is going to report to the administration to start helping the country move toward a solution.

I see no point in considering Bolton's nomination again.

Let's set aside the labels and let's work together.

We need to work together and really change the direction of this country.

I define myself as a Montanan.

Now is the time, really, though, to -- to come together. It really is a time to -- to put politics aside.

Democrats now have the majority in the United States Senate.

I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in people's lives.