If you can do this in a way that is sort of being quietly done -- it's not up on the big radar screen -- that women in the suburbs feel really frightened by it, it makes a huge difference in energizing and getting people in more rural…

The Republicans have very successfully reignited the culture wars which have been sort of bubbling under the surface for a long time.

If you can do this in a way that it's sort of being quietly done, it's not up on the big radar screen, that women in the suburbs feel really frightened by it, it makes a huge difference in energizing and getting people in more rural areas…

The person, the candidate who can convince the American people that he's got a plan for the economy that's compelling, and that he will have a team that's new, that's fresh, that will change things, not just to talk change but show people…

I don't think Barack Obama has sharpened his message enough. He needs more surrogates on the economic front and he needs a sharper, stronger, more compelling economic message.

I think the Obama camp, they do need to sort of ignore her and get back to the issues.

It sounded like, on Thursday night, John McCain was ready to reach across the aisle.

But you know Barack Obama cannot afford to let this not be about issues. That's what bothering voters. And he's got to get it back on the issues because we want to hear more about the issues.

Just very briefly, on Obama today, what we heard today was him talking about a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, the worst in five years.

I think she will have -- you know, when she goes out, she will get more coverage. I -- she's made it clear she's not going to take on Sarah Palin personally. She will go after John McCain and what the lack of real change that she thinks he…

This is the biggest gamble I've ever seen a presidential candidate take in modern history because John McCain was in a situation where he was closing rapidly.

He's thrown down the gauntlet on this abortion issue.