Quote for the Day

"I don’t think any sitting president of the United States is a lame duck when it comes to foreign policy. There’s too much power in the presidency, and the interests of our country are too great. If the president reaches out to us in the Democratic Party and really tries to work together, he has a chance to have a legacy here that could be important for our nation and, obviously, for him personally. I’ve offered to be helpful to Condoleezza Rice. I’ve called her. I hope we can all work together, but we’ve got to be tougher in our approach. I believe personally — and I’ve said this publicly — that you have to set a date for the expectation of when the Iraqis will take over their responsibility. And if you don’t get tough and have those kinds of benchmarks, then they have an excuse to avoid it altogether," – Senator John Kerry on CNN.