I think, Anderson, that we have known sort of through whispers and rumors that the vice president was very heavily involved. This is the first direct evidence of the vice president's extraordinary involvement.

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.

The president has now thrust this into the '08 election. Now they're certain to be in Iraq during '08. And everybody's fate is suddenly tied to that.

If this does not work, the Democrats are much, much more likely to take the White House in '08.

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.

The Democrats don't want to take responsibility for the policy in Iraq. They want to leave that responsibility in the hands of the president.

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.

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.

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

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.