These new disclosures are very disturbing. The cloud over her nomination is certainly getting darker.

the most disturbing part of what has occurred is the vultures are circling.

[Cheney] did what he needed to do, but these guys have taken secrecy to a whole new level.

He's not a back-slapping hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy, ... if you need someone to go to a press conference or to be on the Senate floor, he's always been there.

[The White House had no comment, except to point to Bush's past statements rejecting a withdrawal timetable, a position shared by Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).] Like other members of the caucus, he's been calling for some benchmarks from the administration to measure progress, ... but he is opposed to setting a date certain for withdrawal, concerned that would undercut the troops.

If we ever needed more of a reason not to do Social Security reform, this is it, because of the cost required. It's going to be a question of priorities, a question of whether Republicans are going to want to stand on the Senate floor and support more tax cuts for the wealthy.