We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if…

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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow...

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion....

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion....

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of...

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way...

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way...

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors,...

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors,...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need...

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over...

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...

I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis...

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our...

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

I want to attract the best people into teaching.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to...

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to...

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge,...

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals...

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.