Howard's been raising money, energizing the troops, organizing the party. Is he passionate? Yes. But I'd rather have someone who is blunt and passionate.

I had every confidence we could get a Feb. 8 primary approved. When it comes to Feb. 1, I don't have the same level of confidence at all,

Instead of focusing on electing a president in 2008, this commission appears to be heading down a precipitous path. If you have all theses caucuses front-loaded, Democrats will end up with a nominee by the middle of January.

It's a clear warning shot across the bow not to apply the regulation in nit-picking cases. Though the SEC says it wants more disclosure to investors, Regulation FD in fact chills corporate speech and puts executives in fear that a variation in verb tense or body language will lead to charges of a violation.

The wheels have come off the Bush bus. People are mad. We could win Congress. But Democrats need to explain why we can do a better job.

The most frustrating thing of all to me is there is no need for this dispute. We've always worked well in Iowa and could have in this instance,

We need to decrease front-loading, increase diversity, recognize Iowa and New Hampshire laws and traditions and have a calendar that will let us elect a Democrat to the White House.

The party is just one small piece of the larger prevention effort, but it is vital to teach young people that having fun does not need to involve alcohol,

We'll never know how effective it was. ... Sununu won by a bigger margin than anyone expected. But that's not the point. It was wrong. ... We have 400 (state) legislative races. The intent may have been to influence one election, but it may have affected hundreds of races.

You just keep going and going. You go as fast as you want. I just like coming out here and doing it,