I think it will hurt the Democrats if it is perceived that they are simply a party of retreat; they simply want to cut and run.

I think you are going to see a lot of pressure now from the Democrats. They will step up the pressure to end this war in some way.

I think this is going to be a milestone, a -- a turning point, away from adventurism in foreign policy.

if you've been for this war, that makes you suspect.

if you work with the other side too closely and we're going to burn you.

this same antiwar sentiment that conceivably could knock off and may well knock off Joe Lieberman in a primary could come back to sweep out some Republican moderates.

I do think that the race, win or lose by Joe Lieberman, has already sent shock waves through the Democratic Party.

What it could really say is two things. One, this war has become, as serious as Vietnam, and a tidal wave through politics.

I think from his point of view the most important thing is his numbers are holding. He's not descending, even though there's a sense of chaos in the Middle East, he's not sliding badly.

This is potentially going to be a major setback for the United States.

What we've emerged with at a moment of, you know, when we really had people to take sides, are you for the terrorists or not.

How is it we have created a democratic government in Iraq, and a moment of truth seems to be on the side of Iran, not the side of the United States and its friend Israel in this conflict?