"Well first of all, I do know that al Qaeda is in Iraq. That's why I've said we should continue to strike al Qaeda targets. But I have some news for John McCain, and that is that there was no such thing as al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq." - Barack Obama
• Rating 5.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 28th, 2008"John McCain may like to say he wants to follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, but so far all he's done is follow George Bush into a misguided war in Iraq." - Barack Obama
• Rating 2.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 28th, 2008"I always reserve the right for the president ... to make sure that we are looking out for American interests. If al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland and our interests abroad." - Barack Obama on whether he would attack Iraq after withdrawing troops from it
• Rating 4.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 28th, 2008"When I first arrived in the Senate that first year, we had a situation surrounding Terri Schiavo. And I remember how we adjourned with a unanimous agreement that eventually allowed Congress to interject itself into that decision making process of the families. It wasn't something I was comfortable with, but it was not something that I stood on the floor and stopped. And I think that was a mistake, and I think the American people understood that that was a mistake. And as a constitutional law professor, I knew better. ... And I think that's an example of inaction, and sometimes that can be as costly as action." - Barack Obama
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 27th, 2008"I will make sure that we renegotiate [NAFTA] in the same way that Senator Clinton talked about, and I think actually Senator Clinton's answer on this one is right. I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labor and environmental standards that are enforced. And that is not what has been happening so far. That is something that I have been consistent about." - Barack Obama, 2/26/08
• Rating 3.7 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 27th, 2008“The notion that the Clinton campaign would be trying to circulate this as a negative on the same day that Senator Clinton was giving a speech about how we repair our relationships around the world is sad.” - Barack Obama
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 26th, 2008"This is where we start getting into silly season in politics. People start getting tired of it." - Barack Obama, on Hillary Clinton's allegations of political plagiarism
• Rating 4.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • February 22nd, 2008"Hope. Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead." - Barack Obama
• Vote for this Quote! • February 19th, 2008"When I ran for the U.S. Senate the assumption was that anyone's name that was close to Osama doesn't stand a chance. So if somebody thought that tacking Hussein in there would be a killer, I think they underestimate the American people and the seriousness of the problems we face." - Barack Obama
• Vote for this Quote! • February 19th, 2008"In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war." - Barack Obama
• Vote for this Quote! • February 19th, 2008
NATIONAL[NOTE: Figures above are averages of the 3-6 most recent surveys in each area. Updated June 17]
