Al Gore: “The time to act is melting away.”

The very idea that we have made enough — this is the Supreme Court’s apparent view — that we’ve made enough progress on the racial divide in America that now it’s time not only to stop any kind of remedial efforts, but also to try to…

The solution, for the lack of confidence, in government, Mr. Speaker, is more open government, at all levels.

Let's debate twice a week, from now until the nomination is decided, and just go face to face about the issues, and get rid of all these television and radio commercials. Why not do that?

We laughed together, fought like hell together for what we wanted our country to be. Prayed together. Thought for a season we had won together, but, well, you know that part of the story. The stakes are high. The pressures are great.