Because the people of New Hampshire take their responsibilities as citizens of the Republic seriously, they keep it interesting for candidates who, believe it or not, can get a little tired of the mannered, predictable, and unimaginative qualities that typically afflict modern political campaigns. |
Because this is a voluntary measure, ... I believe that it's very important that we have the Inspector General monitor the compliance with these good-faith efforts that are being made by the airline industry. This is a major step forward. I think it's very important. |
blow the whistle on people who say one thing and do another. |
Both candidates did whatever they could and one of them won, ... That's what it's all about. |
But I also want to change the dynamics of this debate, which has kept us gridlocked into positions which caused people to shoot at abortion clinics and other Americans to view it as the only issue in American politics, ... There are areas we can agree on. ... We need to work together to eliminate abortion. |
But I'm still a work in progress. My mother calls me quite frequently with various critiques of my performance on TV and other public events. She's usually pretty severe with her comments. |
But mother, ... they were very bad men. |
But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago. |
But the environment in the country is very bitter and very partisan today, and it certainly is reflected here on Capitol Hill. |
But we can recover, ... Reagan recovered. Clinton recovered. We can recover. |
But we cannot continue to experience casualties. And that's why the reconstruction has to move forward. If you cut off the money to reconstruct Iraq -- or announce that we're going to pull out -- then of course things would descend into a quagmire. |
But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy and freedom and tolerance to the world and the stories like these set us back, |
By introducing this legislation today, we ensure that the commendable and I might say remarkable work of the 9/11 commission has a real opportunity to be debated and enacted, |
California Republicans are going to decide the party's nomination for president, ... After (Tuesday) night's results, I think that's even more clear. |
Can we really afford to wait until 2009 before we go ahead and transfer this spectrum? |