William R. Richardson

Of course I'm worried, but what happened with our Pakistan policy is we got our principles wrong.

Let's stop this mud-slinging. Let's stop this going after each other on character on trust. Let us debate the issues that affect the American people, and let us be positive. Let's be positive.

House Democrats and some of our Republican friends continue to fight for a much-needed health care system that we need for our children. Unfortunately, though, the President and too many Republicans in this body still refuse to support a…

the Democratic Congress has a strong record of delivering our promises, real meaningful change, fiscally responsible ways, and instituting a pay-as-you-go policy and doing it in a deficit reduction, disciplined way. Our Democratic…

today is an exciting week for all Democrats because we are sending one of our top priorities to the President's desk, and that is the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. Education departments estimate that over 200,000 academically…

You ought to know exactly who you are getting when you pick a president.

I respect the general but a pullout must begin. Staying in Iraq is unacceptable, irresponsible and dangerous.

Bill Richardson says he respects the general, but a pullout must begin. Staying in Iraq is unacceptable, irresponsible and dangerous.

To Congresswoman Waters, for the last 120 days you have been tirelessly, unrelentingly instructive and even graciously transparent in your efforts to help me to get here. Thank you. To my supporters and friends and family in the gallery…

This president wants a surge in the war in Iraq. I want a surge on the war on cancer.

Joe Biden -- you know, the only negative thing about Joe. We disagree on Iraq very strongly, on Darfur. But this man has devoted his whole life to public service. He's been a distinguished chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations…

There's a big difference on Iraq between me and the Senators, and here's where it is. The lives of our young troops are more important than George Bush's legacy. This is where I stand. I believe we should bring all the troops home by the…

The issue here, I believe, is instant background checks. Nobody who has a criminal background or is mentally ill should be able to get a weapon.

I would scrap it. It doesn't work. It is the law. It is not just an unfunded mandate, but the one-size-fits-all doesn't work.

What I think is achievable is full civil unions with full marriage rights. I would also press for you a hate crimes act in the Congress.

The answer here is caring about Africa. The answer here is not just thinking of our strategic interests as a country as oil and Europe and the Middle East. It should be Africa, Asia and Latin America doing something about poverty, about…

I would level with you. I would do what is achievable. What I think is achievable is full civil unions with full marriage rights.

We need to have same-day registration. We need to have an effort to get the Republican Party to stop suppressing minority voters. And, lastly, a verifiable paper trail with optical scanners is going to improve turnout, democracy, and it's…

As first day as president, I would shut down Guantanamo. I would shut down Abu Ghraib and secret prisons.

I would not support legislation that divided families; I would not support legislation that builds a wall, a Berlin-type wall, between two countries, the way the bill in the Congress exists today.

I believe that it's a civil war. I believe that there is sectarian conflict already. There is enormous turmoil. Seven Americans died today.

The key is diplomacy. The key is bringing people together. The key is not doing things alone as we have before.

We have to recognize that no fence ever built has stopped history. And a border fence won't either. If you build a 10-foot fence, someone will use an 11-foot ladder.

Whether it will be willful ignorance or an ignorant will, we are left with the ravages of an administration that will take years to rectify.

I think the American people want candor. They don't want blow-dried candidates with perfection.