"Personally, I feel it was a terrible mistake for Columbia University to invite him to speak, because he comes, literally, with blood on his hands."
"The war is not lost in Iraq. In fact, now American Iraqi security forces are winning. The enemy is on the run in Iraq. But, here in -- in Congress, in Washington, we seem to be, or some -- some member..."
"This is a time for acting in a way that's responsible. If you really want to stop the war, cut the funding. It does make you accountable for what happens thereafter, but you have done something as a m..."
"General Petraeus is a combination of extraordinary experience and a real passion about what we're doing in Iraq. He believes we can win. And I think he will infuse that spirit into our forces there an..."
"What do you believe, General, would be the effect on the sectarian violence in Iraq?"
"I think, on that great challenge of our time, the president gets it. And I -- I say that across party lines. And I think he's tried his best to alert America to that danger."
"Well, I -- I will respectfully say, no, no, no. I am in this race to the end."
"I will continue to offer Connecticut a different path forward. I went into public service to find solutions, not to point fingers. To unite, not divide. To lift up, not to tear down."
"He said for the sake of the country, he cannot let this result stand. So he slams his opponent, said it was insult instead of ideas."
"Now, he says he will go on to Capitol Hill and vote with the Democrats and that he'll still be a Democrat."
"... instead of talking about how we could solve the people's problems. Insults instead of ideas. In other words, more of the same old partisan politics that has stalemated Washington today."