"Now the test for a qualified judicial nominee is not simply whether they are intelligent."
"decide each case on the facts and the merits alone. That is what our Founders intended. Judicial decisions ultimately have to be based on evidence and on facts. They have to be based on precedent and ..."
"Newly elected Senator Barack Obama, IL, attended the Feb. 3, 2005 hearing before the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee as a Member of the Committee."
"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage."
"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America, there is the United States of America."
"This is a guy who has better prepared for the presidency than anybody I've ever seen. Enormously engaging, enormously caring, and enormously intelligent."
"We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."
"Out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come."
"America, we have more work to do."
"There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America - there’s the United States of America."
"John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded."