"To change the debate in this country in a way that I think gave us this majority in this November."
"She led her party to victory over the Republicans. Now Nancy Pelosi's own party lays a political smack-down on her."
"Nowhere was the call for a new direction more clear from the American people than in the war in Iraq."
"I look forward to working in a confidence-building way with the president, recognizing that we have our differences, and we will debate them. And that is what our founders intended. But we will do so ..."
"We've made history. Now we have to make progress."
"We have our differences. And we will debate them. And that what is our founders intended. But we will do so in a way that gets results for the American people."
"We have made history. And now we have to make progress."
"Yesterday, the beauty and the genius of our democracy and the American people spoke with their votes. And they spoke for change, and they spoke in support of new direction for all Americans. Supportin..."
"The more the president campaigned on the war, the fewer votes the Republicans who supported that got. And that took its toll on the Republicans."
"It will give a fresh start to finding a solution to Iraq rather than staying the course."