It is a pattern time and time and time again. And you heard it again last night.

The question of trust is important, and particularly for the middle class, at a time when people are struggling and have been for some time.

Look, Mitch McConnell said his top job was to make sure that Barack Obama gets defeated.

It will be a titanic struggle to get his boss reelected.

It will be a titanic struggle to get his boss re-elected.

The fact of the matter is that this is essentially a Tea Party downgrade.

Well, do you have any evidence that it's not?

Are you Americans staying, or are you leaving, like you did last time?

I think that some of the arguments you heard yesterday were -- were really tinny if not bewildering because they didn't bear any resemblance to the program that was being voted on.

I think that's -- that's different than a special state-specific thing. In the case of Nebraska, what everyone was outraged about was that it seemed to be a special deal just for one state. That's not going to be in this bill.

I think that's different than a special states specific thing. In the case of Nebraska what everyone was outraged about was that it seemed to be a special deal just for one state. That's not going to be in this bill.

The notion that we let our personal feelings about one person defeat a bill that would deliver insurance to people at a price they can afford is insane. It shouldn't be about Joe Lieberman. It should be about people who need help.

The president has said he doesn't think a handshake endangers U.S. national security.

David Axelrod today said the president is -- he's in the White House, a -- a political adviser to the president -- said it took -- it took President Obama about a month to sort this out.

I'm sure that will be discussed. It's something he still believes is a responsible timetable.

We have an economic agenda to move and a myriad things to deal with.

The president-elect has said repeatedly that he intends to engage early and aggressively with diplomacy all over the world, and using the men and women, the professionals who are in place, who are great, and, where appropriate, special…

I was mistaken. And they did not then or at any time discuss the subject.

We've been fighting this fight for change for a long time.

Senator Biden however, spoke with a passionate commitment and a real sense of how to advocate for and change the circumstances that we find ourself -- for middle class people and change the circumstances we find ourselves in today.