"He's (Obama) not a Muslim, but what if he is?"
"I'm troubled by the fact that within the party we have these kinds of expressions".
"We have got to stop polarizing ourselves."
"I think that Senator Obama brings a fresh set of eyes, fresh set of ideas to the table."
"I think that Senator McCain, as gifted as he is, is essentially going to execute the Republican agenda, the orthodoxy of the Republican agenda with a new face and a maverick approach to it, and he'd be quite good at it, but I think we need more than that."
(About Colin Powell return) "I don't rule it out but I not eager to return to public service".
"Obama has displayed a steadiness; showed intellectual vigor."
"McCain seemed less than steady on economic matters and his vice-presidential runningmate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, is not ready to be president".
"She is distinguished," but..
"I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president."