I think this is much more about her laying out a path forward, you know, the various, you know, the pros and cons of what she's trying to do.

Because, you know, there are -- there is a fear among people around her that the best day of her campaign is going to come the day she announces.

I think there's actually going to be more cooperation on Capitol Hill between Republicans and Democrats than there is going to be between Democrats on Capitol Hill and the president.

There's nothing you can do. You can't attack him. And it's conceivable that she might even want him to be a running mate.

If, as the president -- you reported here on CNN the president recommends 20,000 to 40,000 troops, he's going to face a lot of opposition from Democrats, but he's also going to face a lot of opposition within his own party.

I think the president may well emphasize energy next week or two weeks from now in his State of the Union.

Yes, I think that they -- that the -- that the Democrats have thrown down the gauntlet.

Yes, they -- the White House should be, very definitely, nervous about it.

There seems to be one aspect of this speech which hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet, is that rather than negotiating with Iran and Syria... he's moving a carrier group into the area.

We want to keep the Saudis out, just as we want to keep the Iranians out. We do not want a regional conflict.

This has been a huge gift to the Democrats' hopes of taking the White House. Because if this does not work, the Democrats are much, much more likely to take the White house in '08.

It would be a nightmare if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, for example, as a Shia nation and then Egypt gets nuclear weapons as a Sunni nation.