"This president is going to carry out a very conservative second term."
"I think he's going to have a legacy of the highest-ranking black in American history in public life, one who made an enormous contribution to the country through his military service, through his serv..."
"If his voice had prevailed, then the country might have had a very different outcome in Iraq."
"What we're going to see is a hard line across the board."
"I think the other thing is, there are clear indications tonight that this is a major victory for Dick Cheney."
"This is very interesting appointment. It signals first and foremost that the Bush II is going to be very much like Bush I."
"I think Pat Leahy is someone who served on the Judiciary Committee for a long time, and I think will ask tough questions of Mr. Gonzales."
"I think the big issue will be, will the losing side be gracious, or are we going into court battles here for a couple of months and just get tied up in knots as a people, and the loser actually coming..."
"But we're in a war now. And people are deeply scared on the Democratic side that if we re-elect Bush he's not only Iraq going to continue to go badly, but that we will go into Iran and we may go into ..."
"We're hoping the Red Sox nation that we'll take a breather after tonight."
"It's the activists who both ends who are whipping a lot of this up, whipping up the anger, demonizing the other side putting out the terrible ads about each other."