"What we can't do is continue the approach that does not ensure the sort of political solutions that are needed in Iraq."
"It's time for us to change that strategy."
"The president's logic is flawed. And I think that this enterprise has been flawed."
"I did not see the president charting out a new course that would persuade either myself or the American people that -- that we're going about this thing in the right way."
"We should start drawing down our troops, redeploying them to fight in Afghanistan and other places."
"He brings electricity to this race. He brings an alternative to Senator Clinton."
"Barack Obama sort of blew this race wide open in some ways."
"There are only so many donors that can give the big kind of money that you need."
"Are there any circumstances that you can articulate in which we would say to the Maliki government that enough is enough and we are no longer committing our troops?"
"Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions."
"Today, Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois filed papers saying he's forming a presidential exploratory committee."