"If George Bush and John McCain want to have a debate about protecting the United States of America, that is a debate that I'm happy to have any time, any place, and that is a debate I will win because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for." - Barack Obama
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008"I have been adamant about not negotiating with Hamas, a terrorist organization that has vowed to destroy Israel, and won't recognize them." - Barack Obama
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008"Who is this 'some' that they were talking about? ... Was this just a straw man that they were setting up? And if so ... what was the purpose of the remarks? I'm less concerned about whether the remarks were being directed against me personally, because frankly there is no evidence out there that I've ever suggested that we should engage terrorists. So obviously, it didn't apply to me." - Barack Obama on George W. Bush's May 2008 speech in Israel
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008"The speech yesterday wasn't about an actual policy argument, it was about politics ... about trying to scare the American people. And that's what will not work in this election." - Barack Obama on George W. Bush's May 2008 speech in Israel
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008"After almost eight years, I did not think I could be surprised about anything that George Bush says, but I was wrong. The president did something that presidents don't do. That is launch a political attack targeted toward the domestic market in front of a foreign delegation." - Barack Obama
• Rating 5.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008“It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack.” - Barack Obama, responding to George W. Bush's comments in Israel, May 2008
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008“George Bush knows I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the president’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel.” - Barack Obama, responding to George W. Bush's comments in Israel, May 2008
• Vote for this Quote! • May 16th, 2008"You know the way we're going to close the deal is by winning. And right now we're winning. And what we'll do is keep on campaigning in Indiana and North Carolina and Oregon and these other states. And at the conclusion of all these contests, people will go back and take a look and say, 'Who's won?'" - Barack Obama
"Now, it's up to you, Indiana. You can decide whether we're going to travel the same worn path or whether we will chart a new course that offers real hope for the future." - Barack Obama, campaigning in the Hoosier State
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • April 24th, 2008"We can continue to slice and dice this country, or this time, we can build on the movement we started in this campaign, a movement that's united Democrats, independents, Republicans, young, old, rich, poor, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight. Because one thing I know, from traveling 46 states this campaign season, is that we are not as divided as our politics suggest." - Barack Obama
• Rating 2.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • April 24th, 2008
NATIONAL[NOTE: Figures above are averages of the 3-6 most recent surveys in each area. Updated June 17]
