The Permanent Campaign Is Inherently Deceptive.

Saddam Hussein Is Being Treated The Exact Opposite Of The Way His Regime Treated Those He Imprisoned And Tortured Simply For Expressing Their Opinions. And So I Reject That.

Because What A Temporary Worker Program Would Do Is Help Relieve Pressure On The Border. It Will Allow Our Law Enforcement Officials And Border Patrol Agents To Focus On Those Who Are Coming Here For The Wrong Reasons, The Criminals And The Drug Dealers And The Terrorists.

As A Texas Loyalist Who Followed Bush To Washington With Great Hope And Personal Affection And As A Proud Member Of His Administration, I Was All Too Ready To Give Him And His Highly Experienced Foreign Policy Advisers The Benefit Of The Doubt On Iraq. Unfortunately, Subsequent Events Have Showed That Our Willingness To Trust The Judgment Of Bush And His Team Was Misplaced.

We Are Disappointed At The Decision. The President Remains Fully Committed To Building A Culture Of Life ... That Is Built On Valuing Life At All Stages.

As I Have Heard Bush Say, Only A Wartime President Is Likely To Achieve Greatness, In Part Because The Epochal Upheavals Of War Provide The Opportunity For Transformative Change Of The Kind Bush Hoped To Achieve. In Iraq, Bush Saw His Opportunity To Create A Legacy Of Greatness.