Americans are too speedy.

We're a country of five-second sound bites and 30-second commercials. Eight years of one person is just too much.

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation.