Democrats are pleased that more Americans are finding work, but this president's paltry 1.5 percent job-growth record is as bad as any president in the last 50 years.

[Democrats are already making political hay out of the loophole:] Only in Washington D.C. controlled by politicians could a politician have direct control over assets in a blind trust, ... Maybe we should call it a nearsighted trust.

Americans deserve better than Republican politicians with presidential ambitions who pander to racist organizations and their apologists.

[Changing Speeds : While most Americans savor their last days of summer, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are gearing up to ask John Roberts tough questions about his judicial philosophy at his confirmation hearing next week.] We need to be sure this institution is in the mainstream of American thinking, ... What we need to do is ask the obvious questions.

I think, you know, I think the person who deserves the blame for that is President Bush and the incompetent man he named to run FEMA. Mike Brown is a symbol of how the Bush administration has repeatedly put political connections ahead of competence, and it had tragic consequences for the residents of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

No one is above the law.