We have no idea what this woman’s record is about. She’s obviously an accomplished attorney. The question is what does she believe. We have no idea, … This Week.

I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency,

Given the proclivity of this administration to threaten those, both at home and abroad, who are candid, that is a silly proposal,

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No commander-in-chief would ever — and I am no exception — willingly allow our military influence to shrink. Unilateralism is a mistake … I think the senator made a mistake in criticizing me.

Use your network to send progressive delegates to the convention in Boston. … We are not going away, we are staying together, unified, all of us.

That’s how we’re going to fix Medicare, is to get somebody who has executive experience in governing, particularly in health care, … With me, you’ll get results, because I’m a governor and I’ve done it.

strong connections to Wisconsin’s progressive politics.

I like John Kerry. I think he’s intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he’s deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he’s an internationalist, which I am.

[He also lumped Kerry in with another Democratic contender, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, charging that though they] may not raise their voices as loudly … their rhetoric is every bit as hostile.

[Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean tried to turn around the World War II argument.] Democratic Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led America to victory in World War II because they laid out a clear plan...

I’ve always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

It’s not just about Tom DeLay. It’s a thorough culture of corruption which has permeated the Bush administration.

I think George Bush has some nerve attacking anybody on special interests,

It’s certainly a good idea to have more geographic diversity and more ethnic diversity in the Democratic nominating process. We are committed to leaving Iowa first as the first caucus in the country and New...

A lot of them never made an honest living in their lives,

He’s had millions of dollars thrown at him by Bloomberg, and I think he’s just hanging right in there, every single day, … and I think that’s what you want is a tough guy who...

If you’d asked me two weeks ago, I would have said ‘No way, I’m in this because I want to elect the opposite of John Kerry, … Now, maybe. But really, I just want to...

Anything in the Gospels.

I believe national Republican politics … really had an effect in Virginia and California, … don’t like the abuse of power, they don’t like the culture of corruption. They want the nation to go in...

I will take a backseat to no one in a commitment to civil rights in America.

I’ve waffled before. I’ll waffle again.

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush’s wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president’s efforts to wrap his radical agenda...

There are some parallels to Watergate. This is a third-rate, silly effort that definitely turns out to be rooted in the White House.

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he’s intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he’s deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he’s an internationalist, which I am.

great things about Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush.

After having his hand in nearly every bad Bush policy decision and nearly every scandal that has consumed the Bush White House, it is not surprising that Karl Rove was demoted this morning.

The face of the Democratic Party is such that it looks like all of America will look in 2050,

There’s no question that Rove was the one that leaked the information about the CIA agent’s name.

[The judge also said that a] memorandum of understanding … does not establish that any requested records are exempt from disclosure.

We deserve that moral leadership title back again. I think Kerry will bring it to us.

Once again, the Republicans created problems so they think they can come in and solve them.

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

There’s not one person in this crowd who’s gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.

We can take back America and stand up for working families and middle-class families again, and take our government back for the people who built it instead of corporations and special interests — and we...

We need to go everywhere. There is not one county in this state, I don’t care how far west you go, that doesn’t have Democrats. We have to be proud of who we are.

We will, however, continue to build a new organization, using our enormous grassroots network, to continue the effort to transform the Democratic Party and to change our country,

I can’t stand there and listen to everyone else’s opinion for eight hours about how to fix the world,

I’m the only white politician that ever talks about race in front of white audiences.

While the ideals espoused in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are admirable, the realities of the Bush plan are not, … NCLB imposes rigid and expensive mandates on public schools. It judges adequate yearly progress...

by standing up and telling the truth and not worrying about polls and focus groups.

I think in some ways, unfortunately, the terrorists have already won. We have an act that allows American citizens to be held without knowing what they’re charged with, without seeing a lawyer,

Remember who stood up to George Bush first. It wasn’t anybody from the … city of Washington, D.C.,

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

I don’t care what you label me as long as you call me president.

[Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who ran against Kerry and Edwards in the primaries, called Edwards] a smart choice. … will bring energy, commitment and a new vision for America.

[Noting that Bush] has said that he intends to run as a wartime president, … If you say those kinds of things, then you’re going to have to expect your motives to be questioned.

Tom DeLay himself has never been the issue. DeLay is a symptom of a larger disease?a sick Republican culture of corruption that touches everyone who took his dirty money, voted for his corrupt leadership, or...

New unemployment figures show that more Americans are unemployed than at any time since the end of the last Bush recession. For the first time since Herbert Hoover, there may be fewer Americans with jobs...

We are going to embrace pro-life Democrats because pro-life Democrats care about kids after they’re born, not just before they’re born.