I will reconsider my endorsement for Mr. Gore if he takes this political position, ... I do not think that this should be handled as a political matter. It is not a custody case, it is an immigration case. Our immigration laws are absolutely clear.

We're not fair-weathered friends. We will be with you to the end.

We're building a growing movement against the war in Iraq that will give people who feel uncomfortable about the war a place to share their concerns and discuss and work through a solution -- should it be immediate withdrawal or an exit strategy. We want to build a consensus that we want to get out.

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.

I stand with this family. I stand on the side of this young man,

one of the most un-American things that one can imagine.