"I can't imagine the American people wouldn't rather us be debating Iraq, and what we do about Iraq, debating Iran, debating whether or not we're going to have an energy policy, debating the things that are on the kettle now."
"It seems to me it's designed to avoid debating energy policy, designed to avoid pointing out that we have not met the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Homeland Security."
"It's an election year. Look, I mean, we have already passed a law saying that -- and the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage between a man and a woman. No one has challenged it. It's a federal ..."
"Absolutely none in my mind."
"We saw Joe Biden try to float one of those earlier this week on Iraq. They can't be the party of no forever."
"It would energize American forces. It would energize the political environment. Yes, he should step down."
"If Rumsfeld were to go, it would be great for the White House. The world would come rallying to our side."
"I called for him being fired a year ago. I called for him being fired nine months ago. I called for him being fired three months ago."
"Imagine what would happen if it were announced tomorrow in the headlines of the papers of in America and throughout the world that Rumsfeld was fired. It would energize -- energize -- the rest of the ..."
"Yes, he should step down."
"What the American people are holding this administration accountable for is their dangerous incompetence."