Barbara Boxer: “I'm proud to be here today to support Governor Gary Locke in his nomination to be Secretary of Commerce.”

I think what our governor is doing, he's saying to the president without so many words, this -- this is a moment we have to come together for the people who are hurting. And by the way, you don't attach strings about, you know, voting to…

This is a sad moment, we always had two parties, one was to the right of center, one was to the left of center, and we never had a party, so extreme and so willing to become the party of grievance and anger and division.

It's up to his colleagues to determine if they want such a coward, such a liar, to be their leader, and or maybe even speaker.

The way the Senate works, as you know, it`s a supermajority to get anything done. It has nothing to do with age.