You know, there were 29 Democratic votes for censure in the Senate. And if the Republicans had any sense, they would have censured him before the '98 midterm election, and they would have won the election.

At the end of the day, this isn't about George Bush; it's about Randy Kelly. The Republicans have won the last three cycles because they've put together a conservative center. We can win by building a new center, a progressive coalition, together.

The two things she's been doing since she got to the Senate is work hard and work with Republicans. She has always said she'll work with anyone to accomplish what needs to get done for the people of New York.

I think the challenge to Republicans now is you have the House, you have the Senate, you have the White House, you had better so thoroughly reform this government that people believe you can deliver.

[Other Republicans echoed Specter's dismay.] I am disappointed that Gov. William Weld did not receive a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ... The advice and consent procedure provided by our Constitution strongly suggests that many Senators will want to question a presidential nominee and that the nominee will have an opportunity to respond to public questions and criticism.

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.