You watch. Then the phone calls will really start coming.

I just tried to keep us in the ballgame and give us a chance to win.

I have understood the value of party discipline and have tried to help achieve it among Democrats, mainly through the whip organization.

That sort of result normally ... would have seen a bit of a sell-off.

It's all about Beijing now, that's the level we have all got to raise the bar to.

At halftime, we knew they were going to try to come out and we just had to be patient.

A lot of people would have written me off but I've faith in my heart and my chin.

Seems like everyone has been calling and wishing us well.

I've said before, and I'll say it again: we can do better. We must do better. And we would do better, if we made better budget choices.

And we should resolve to fix our country's budget policy so that at long last our nation's people and their security can come first.