John B. King Jr.

Many Republicans now believe the safe political vote for them, in the current dynamic, is no. That they're not going to lose an election by voting no.

This is an enormous test of him personally at this moment. This is his decision. This defines him.

The American people just went through the Iraq war. They were told we would be greeted as liberators. The Iraqis would be paying for it within weeks, they had a civil society that was to stand up.

the administration cannot clearly explain what is the goal of these military strikes, what do they want Syria to look like the day after, the week after, and the month after they do this.

this was the president who made his name in national politics saying he was going to get us out of the Middle East, that he was not going to act unilaterally, that he was going to reestablish U.S. credibility among all these Arab nations.

They have these weapons, they have violated an international norm. If you let them go unsanctioned, what signal would that send to rest of the world?

If you left them go unsanctioned, what signal would that send to the rest of the world?

He's not the first person to get into the executive branch and suddenly have different views about executive powers.

The president is one of the people who has helped shape that public opinion in his presidential campaigns and as president, saying as Peter just noted it's time to get out and it's time to focus elsewhere and it's time to not have a…

This president is one of the people who's helped shape that public opinion in his presidential campaign and as president, saying, as Peter just noted, it's time to get out, it's time to focus elsewhere and not have a military presence in…

The American public is tired after more than 10 years, 11 years, going on 12 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, both from the financial cost and the human cost.

There are a lot of skeptics, even experts. I talked to several retired generals who say, how do you do what they're trying to do inside Syria without there being some sort of a ripple effect, some sort of a reaction in a very tightly…

the fact that we're having this conversation tonight shows how much the coin has flipped, if you will, because for more than a year now, the president of the United States has said it's not a question of if Assad will fall, it's only a…

To borrow a phrase from Bill Clinton, that dog won't hunt.

The Republicans gain today. And make no mistake about it, the national Republican Party quietly told people, this is not a place you want to put a lot of money in.

This president has been very, very, very -- and I could keep going with the verys -- reluctant to have any U.S. military involvement here.

I think it's important to set the right floor around teacher and principal evaluation and ensure that States really do hold the adults accountable in schools for student outcomes.

If this president had a secretary of state who was not such a rock star, who was not so well respected by Republicans, the Benghazi hearings could have been more dicey.

She said her number one mission in life is the global empowerment of women.

Without a doubt. If you heard Speaker John Boehner just the other day after the inaugural address, he says the president is trying to annihilate the Republican Party. Now that's a strong word. But does this president see an opportunity?

If the young vote is up or level to 2008, if African-American turnout is consistent with 2008, if Latino turnout grows a little bit or at least stays level, the president is likely to win the election.

You don't want to wake up on Wednesday morning and see you lost this election by one state and 10,000 votes and think, 'I was watching on television, as opposed to working.'

If Romney wins it, he's the next president of the United States. If the president can hold Ohio, he's the next president of the United States.

If we get an increase in the electorate and if we have the same diversity in the electorate we had in 2008 then the president is likely to win because of the changing demographics of the country.

The Democrats did send Bill Clinton into Minnesota this week. They wouldn't do that if they weren't nervous.