He does need to get off his -- you know, get down and say: 'Look, what I said was not what I meant.'

If the Democrats win the House, then I think it's much more likely we're going to be looking at disengagement and a Rumsfeld resignation.

He said, we're clearly winning in Iraq. Only 19 percent of the people in the country believe this, according to a recent poll.

It really raises the question, can we get this done? Is there even a possibility, if we push too hard, the Shiites are going to ask us to get out of there, and to get out of there fast.

I would argue not. I think there are some areas of the country where the president can do extraordinarily well.

But his -- I mean, as a politician, he's pretty darn good.

I think the Democrats would have to sit down at the table. They can't afford to leave our troops exposed and naked in Iraq, in the way they are now.

If Democrats go nutty on this investigation stuff, the American people will be very unforgiving.

The test for the Democrats is going to be: Are you going to be a constructive party, that looks like it could govern the country if you get the White House back?

He could get his own immigration bill through a Democratic House.

The great thing about the Republican conservative coalition is that it's one of the most powerful movements we've seen in American politics in the last 200 years.