Clearly members of Congress' eyes are on the 2006 elections, and getting there with the least difficulty possible. But that's not necessarily what's on the top of Bush's radar screen, at least for the speech.

The Iraqi elections is all anyone is talking about, certainly all eyes are on that, ... I think if we get past that with a minimum of violence and there is a clear winner, that could help the market on Monday.

We have every intention of using the 2006 elections to increase the number of pro-life seats in Congress and the number of pro-life women in politics.

Every year I've been nervous about learning new dives. That's why my degree of difficulty is not that great. I learned new ones (this year) like an inward one and a half and a front double. That was a big stride for me. They are not the greatest or the biggest dives, but they got me where I am.

Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful.

One mustn't close one's eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.