Barack Obama

“He voted against funding our troops. And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras.”

“...some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America. No to independence from foreign oil. Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?”

“McCain says solve it now with a balanced plan: Alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax, and more production here at home. He's pushing his own party to face climate change. But Barack Obama?”

“Can you explain your relationship with Bill Ayers for the voters, and explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem?”

“Your campaign manager, David Plouffe, you will get us out of Iraq in 16 months at the most. So you'd give the same rock-hard pledge, that no matter what the military commanders said, you would give the order: Bring them home.”

“Will you pledge that there will be no tax increases of any kind for anyone earning under $200,000 a year? And if the economy is as weak a year from now as it is today, will you persist in your plans to roll back President Bush's tax cuts for the rich?”

“Senator Obama, in the same vein, you were also opposed to the surge from the beginning. Were you wrong?”

“Senator Obama, is your position the same as Hillary Clinton's?”

“...the primary responsibility is for parents. And I reject the notion of censorship as an approach...”

“You know, it's not a function just of looking backwards, it's a function of looking forwards and how are we going to be making a series of decisions in a very dangerous world.”

“Senator Clinton, you always say, if you knew then what you know now, you wouldn't have voted like that. But why can't you just say right now that that vote was a mistake?”

“any quick, overly quick withdrawal could undermine all of that and all of that progress would be for naught. What do you say when you'll hear that argument?”

“I do think it is important for us to set a date.”

“A lot of Democrats remember the eight years of the Clinton administration, a period of relative peace and prosperity, and they remember it fondly. Are they right?”

“...neither one of you have ever run a business. So, why should either of you be elected to be CEO of the country?”

“The Republicans are going to call you "tax-and-spend" liberal Democrats, and that's a charge that's been effective in the past. How are you going to counter that charge?”

“those who could afford it but don't wind up buying health insurance for one reason or another, they wind up getting sick, they go to an emergency room, all of us wind up paying for their health care. That's the biggest criticism that's been leveled at you”

“Under your plan, which is voluntary, it creates incentives for people to buy, but still is voluntary. There would be around -- about 15 million people who would still not be covered. Now, why is your plan superior to hers?”