It is especially important to identify a consensus candidate to succeed Justice O'Connor, who has been a voice of reason and moderation. |
It is his runaway budget and trade deficits, billions spent on tax giveaways, backwards-looking energy plan designed by and for special interests, and inaction during this country's health care crisis that have created a myriad of problems for our children's generation. |
It is no better than even money either way. |
It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House and refused even to open an investigation. We cannot effectively legislate on the NSA spying issue if we do not know the facts, and we will not know them if the Republican-controlled intelligence committee persists in refusing to do its job. |
It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene, |
It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene. Mr. Brown simply doesn't have the ability or the experience to oversee a coordinated federal response of this magnitude. |
It is unfortunate the president made such a divisive nomination. |
It makes no sense to consider such a bill at a time when the massive needs of those affected by Hurricane Katrina are still being assessed. |
It was the wrong choice for the American people in this cold holiday season. |
It will not happen -- and the sooner he comes to that realization, the better off we are. |
It's a program where the lobbyists paid and Republican members of Congress played. |
It's designed to protect Big Oil while mistakenly believing that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will solve America's energy problems. |
It's disappointing that neither skyrocketing gas prices nor obscene oil company profits can break the bond between Bush Republicans and Big Oil. Americans are struggling to pay the rising cost of gas, and they are not interested in handouts to help oil companies make more money by letting them drill in wildlife refuges. Now it is finally time the Republican Congress acts to provide relief and to reduce our addiction to oil. |
It's going to take some Republicans of good will to be courageous and break from their leadership. They're getting tremendous pressure, and I understand that. But we feel good. |
It's like running up your credit card bills today because a fortune-teller predicted you'd be rich in 10 years. When the bill comes due, you can't pay with a prediction. |