The president welcomes peaceful protests -- it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and that's why he hopes Saddam Hussein will disarm.

a time honored part of American tradition and the president fully understands it. It's the strength of our democracy.

[Earlier, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer reiterated the administration's support for reforming the authority.] It is time for the Palestinian Authority to reform. That is what the president is watching, ... That is the heart of the matter.

The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and that's why he hopes Saddam Hussein will disarm.

a thankless job. . . . Always a flak-catching job.

My advice to the tea party freshmen: Slow the galloping horses to a trot. Big government was built over decades; it can't be dismantled in a year, especially when Democrats control the White House.