Claire McCaskill: “So why do you not just do the Fellows directly and save the 18 percent?”

I think that, fundamentally, voters do understand that we have very, very low unemployment. They see it in their families, that everybody has jobs, everybody can get jobs, their jobs are paying slightly better.

I hope, I hope, I hope Matt keeps saying that everywhere he goes, that abortion really isn't an issue in this election.

There is an over-classification problem, and I was surprised Secretary Gates didn't mention it.

I think the Democratic Party will benefit from really doing some navel-gazing about how can we get more young people to the forefront because young people are going to be really important to us in 2024.