"I think Democrats should say, we are for energy independence, period. And here's how."
"Support for the war is collapsing and a speech can't reverse that."
"I think he has. And he should be respected for that. The president was re-elected despite being relatively unpopular, and despite having a soft economy and an unpopular war."
"I just wish the president would stand up and say, look -- hey, I think abortion is murder; it ought to be outlawed. I don't like gay rights; I want to stop it."
"Yes. I think it's -- I don't want to read too much into the tea leaves -- but, look, there's clearly some there, there. And it could well be that Karl -- we know that Karl misled the country and misle..."
"The White House tried to smear Joe Wilson."
"The president told the country that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellow cake uranium in Africa. Now that turned out not to be true. Mr. Wilson went and investigated it."
"The policy, yes. Bob is right. Democrats and a lot of Republicans no longer support the way that the president, through his defense secretary, is prosecuting."
"Not to rest. Obviously, the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president. He clearly has the president's support. But that does not stop people from speaking out."
"If they think something is wrong, they have a duty and obligation to say so."
"Some people were right about the war, some were wrong. The ones who were right are getting fired."