This is one of the great additional blunders of Iraq, the unbelievable incompetence of this administration.

But in terms of purchasing power, the minimum wage is at the lowest that it's been in 50 years. How dare this administration tell Americans this is the best economy of our lifetime?

After they punch out at work, many of them punch right back in at home for the next shift as the caregiver, the meal cooker, the financial planner, the housecleaner, and all the other jobs that they have to do to support their families.

And millions of women, women particularly, struggle to get by on the minimum wage.

Clearly, that would make the difference for him if he was able to win that by 11 points in the same way that Al Gore did four years ago.

Fifty-two percent of undergraduates from around the country favored Senator Kerry, 39 percent President Bush, and 8 percent remain undecided.

I am a hunter. I'm a gun owner. I've been a hunter since I was a kid, 12, 13-years-old.

But if George Bush had been president during other periods of American history, he would have sided with the candle lobby against electricity. He would have been with the buggy makers against the cars, and the typewriter companies against…

It's wrong to tell scientists that they can't cross the frontiers of new knowledge. It's wrong morally and it's wrong economically.

The president keeps saying how certain he is about things, but you can't just be always certain and frequently wrong. It doesn't make sense.

You know, the president says he's a leader. Well, Mr. President, look behind you. There's hardly anyone there.