Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people.

When all is said and done, Greenspan is one of the people in Washington biting his fingernails the least right now. He can work with either of those guys.

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

Things are going behind (the) scenes that people have a right to know about.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.

The Washington state economy right now is a job engine drawing people in from the sidelines and into the job market.