Byron Dorgan: “I absolutely agree. As I said earlier, good news does not travel very far, very well, or very quickly. There is an…”

“I absolutely agree. As I said earlier, good news does not travel very far, very well, or very quickly. There is an industry that is interested in seizing and entertaining people on bad news. Part of that industry is in American politics, because they understand that negatives far more easily motivate people than do positives. I understand even though today we could have people come to the floor and hold up a bunch of negatives and say, ``Is this not awful,'' we do not have a situation that is perfect in this country. Circumstances exist where the American people govern this country in a representative government. We make decisions, at times, decisions that the American people probably do not want us to make, but we do it in what we think is in the best interests of this country. This President is a mortal President. I like him. I vote with him when I think he is right. Yesterday I voted against him. I thought he was wrong on something. He is not a perfect President. None of us is perfect. This President has attempted to be a leader. When he took office in 1993 he proposed a plan that says this is a tough plan, and it is tough medicine, but let us, together, try and eliminate this Federal budget deficit. I would like you to vote for a plan that does it.”