John B. King Jr.

They're very, very nervous about it. Because the Sunni regimes want the United States to contain Iran. They do not want the United States to go to war with Iran, because they're afraid of what that would do to public opinion in their…

He is not going to get the big things he wanted. He is not going to get his tax cuts made permanent. The Democrats are not going to do that.

Sixty-six percent of Americans, in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, oppose the president's plan to send up to 21,000 more troops to Iraq.

What is the policy, Mr. President?

What they hope, though, Anderson, is that this war is now so unpopular, the American people are so fed up with it, perhaps now repulsed by word of what happened to these two young soldiers, that any argument about change will overwhelm the…

They have the '02 and the '04 elections to tell them, when the Republicans stress national security and try to paint the Democrats as being weak, the Republicans, in the last two election cycles, have been victorious on that argument.

Two-thirds of the American people oppose the war in Iraq. Only 28 percent, in our latest poll at CNN, approve of the way the president is handling Iraq.

Mr. President, we need the answers. We need to -- just can't keep hearing that change is coming. We need to know what it's going to be.

The Democrats say the test of truth bipartisanship is not calling them to the White House for meetings. It's actually them questions and seeking their input.

He would like to tell these militias we are staying, we're not going anywhere. Cut a political deal because there will not be a military solution from your end either.

Mr. President, if you want to sustain the war in Iraq, if you want to get to a path to what you consider victory, you have to bring the Democrats and the country into bargain.

The administration also thinks the political debate here in the United States contributes to it because if these militias think the United States is going to start leaving soon, then they are going to continue to fight for political…

The president will listen seriously. Most believe, though, he will cherry pick from the report, accept the recommendations that he thinks will help him, at least in the short-term, and ignore those that he thinks run too counter to the…

There is a groundswell among the Democrats for a troop reduction over the next four to six months.

Anything you do in public life, whether it's 20 years ago, 30 years ago, or 20 minutes ago, is fair game, especially in the age of the Internet, the age of cable news.

They were supposed to house Katrina's homeless, but then came the damage and the disgrace. It's the latest chapter in the government's failed response to the hurricane.

The Democrats believe this is and will always be this president's war, but they do get a share of the responsibility.

Mr. Bush wants to prove he's not a lame duck. The Democrats want to prove, after 12 years in the wilderness, that they deserve the support and the trust of the American people.

The Democrats will push and push. They understand their powers are limited. They are hoping -- hoping that the message of the election, the message of Secretary Baker, and the message of other Republicans convince the president to make the…

He was a uniter, not a divider, until he became the decider.

If the Republicans, at -- at that level, a Karl Rove or a George W. Bush, were to say right now, gee, I think we might lose our majorities in Congress, well, that would discourage Republican turnout, and then things would be even worse.

Corruption, out of control lobbying. Representatives who don't do what you would like them to do or do it so well it will land us all in the poor house one day.

If economic conservatives are upset, and now social conservatives are mad about Foley and they stay home, the Republicans will suffer.

Whether you agreed or disagree with the war, the terrorists are now gathering in Iraq. They're using it to foment anti-American sentiment.

The wars have been unpopular here. Moderate and swing voters critical in this district don't like the president right now.