how come the polls show a race much closer than many anticipated?

Our politics has gotten so nasty, that's the word I was looking for. But not just nasty, also cynical and manipulative.

I said you know what you can inflate your tires to the proper levels and that if everybody in America inflated their tires to the proper level, we would actually probably save more oil than all the oil that we get from John McCain drilling…

And our politics has gotten so nasty. That's the word I was looking for -- but not just nasty, also cynical and manipulative.

In a change election, how come a Democrat isn't doing better?

Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making and was caused by the failures of politicians in Washington to think long-term about the future of the country. Now, what Senator McCain neglected to mention was…

So, when Senator McCain talks about the failure of politicians in Washington to do anything about our energy crisis, it's important to remember that he's been part of that failure.

our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making and was caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long-term about the future of the country.

When Senator McCain talks about the failure of politicians in Washington to do anything about the energy crisis, it's important to remember that he's been part of that failure.

And I will say that achieving them is absolutely necessary if we want to keep America safe and prosperous in the 21st century.

This is the challenge we must meet.