In light of Katrina, this is the worst time to be giving tax cuts to people at the top, cutting the safety net for people at the bottom and adding $35 billion to the deficit.

We’re deeply committed to the idea of pluralism, tolerance, peace, co-existence and one God — the same God. A bird needs two wings to fly: a left wing and a right wing.

All of the low-hanging fruit is taken. And it wasn’t hanging very low.

Symbolically, it makes a big difference. If you can’t budget, you can’t govern.