Bipartisanship Isn't An Option Anymore; It Is

Trust Doesn't Come Haphazardly. It Really Has To Be Built Over Time. And That Trust Has To Happen Really At Times When There Isn't A Crisis. That's Why I Think Having Regular Meetings And Conversation When There's No Crisis, When You Can Build Trust And A Friendship And A Relationship That Allows For Better Dialogue And Far More Consequential Deal-making Can Occur When A Crisis Does Come Up.

Senators, Like Everyone Else, Want To Feel A Part Of This Decision-making Process. They Want To Feel Included.

Literally Minutes Before The Senate Cast Its Vote, The Administration Sought To Add The Words 'in The United States And' After 'appropriate Force' In The Agreed-upon Text. This Last-minute Change Would Have Given The President Broad Authority To Exercise Expansive Powers Not Just Overseas-where We All Understood He Wanted Authority To Act-but Right Here In The United States, Potentially Against American Citizens. I Could See No Justification For Congress To Accede To This Extraordinary Request For Additional Authority. I Refused.

President Bush Has Said That The Economy Is Growing, That There Are Jobs Out There. But You Know, It's A Long Commute To China To Get Those Jobs.

When You're In The Minority, It Doesn't Matter What You're Agenda Is, You're Not Going To Have The Degree Of Freedom That You Have As A Member Of The Majority.