I am trying to look for history to draw lessons. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama — all younger than age 50, all from outside of Washington. ... My general rule is that has worked for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the last thing I think we need is a nominee who owns Washington.

Rahm Emanuel

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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that: it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

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I wake up some mornings hating me too.

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wake-up hate morning

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

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tampons crazy

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

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We're bending the law as far as we can to ban an entirely new class of guns.

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gun law class

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

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four two people

Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely.

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tiny abuse culture

Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.

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chicks values chicago

I mean,you will have an Afghan government. There are two roads here. One is obviously a run-off election or a negotiated settlement. But what's most important about that process is that there's a credibility and a legitimacy to the government at the end of that process. So which road they choose, that's up to them. It must have - be legitimate and credible in the eyes of the Afghan people.

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Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here.There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans themselves are going to define what happens here. And we have to convince ourselves that we have a strategy in place that empowers them to do that and that is realistic in what our expectations are from them and on what schedule.

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military expectations numbers

No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.

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responsible should law

As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the very heart of the policing profession. The problem is sometimes referred to as "the thin blue line." The problem is other times referred to as "the code of silence." It is this tendency to ignore. It is the tendency to deny. It is the tendency, in some cases, to cover up the bad actions of a colleague or colleagues.

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blue heart moving

We're proud of the work we're doing to make Chicago a great city for people of all ages. Nothing's more important than keeping in mind the needs of older adults - and how valuable a role they play in improving the city, based on their amazing collective talent and wisdom.

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cities play people

I've not been to Afghanistan or - but what people are clearly pointing to is that it becomes more difficult to have it. You could do it. I think weather is a factor. The most important factor though is credibility and legitimacy. What I wanted earlier to say is what I think Senator [John] Kerry is pointing to, which is important, is the strategic review on whether to send more troops is only one piece of the puzzle, important piece.

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weather people thinking

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

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digging strong class

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

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mind comforting america

Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

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The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

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Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.

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political example thinking

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

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