From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

Iraq is going to go down as one of the greatest blunders in American history.

Black history is American history.

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken - both parties are to blame - and if we don't do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost, and it will become just like everybody else.

We can not continue to allow this over reliance on government to replace the cornerstone institution that has made the American experience possible.