It amounts to little more than watching this crisis unfold.

I want to make sure that the tone of this campaign remains -- creates the situation where Democrats are going to win in November.

There is nothing liberal about wanting to reduce the influence of money in politics. That is common sense.

the need for a process that identifies systemic risks to the financial system.

for what they do, not what they are.

I will take on anybody. If I have got the American people behind me, then I fear no man, and I fear no woman.

He would also include both public and private Iraqis, as well as U.N. representatives in a group that would help to plan for the country's governance, also to re-examine its constitution.

He says he would not have any permanent U.S. bases there but that he would keep some American troops in the country to protect U.S. embassies and personnel.

We cannot solve the problems of America if, every time somebody somewhere says something stupid, that everybody gets up in arms.

George Bush called this the ownership society, but what he really meant was, you're on your own society. If you lose your job, you're on your own. If you got lured in by deceptive mortgage practices, you're on your own. And John McCain…

She doesn't believe in transparency and hasn't even released her earmarks, because -- just like she hasn't released her income tax returns.