You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96.

We're going to see a kind of old Democratic Party, new Democratic Party kind of split on this. I think in the end that individual control of part of the retirement Social Security funds has got to happen,

Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.

I have a lot of respect for Al Gore -- that is why I kept my promise not to run if he did,

You don't have to choose, on the one hand, a party that you really don't respect because they haven't delivered and they have this culture of entitlement. And then there's the other party whose ideas you don't agree with,

We respect the party process. We've been working hard to secure the endorsement, and we'll continue to do so.