“What exactly is this foreign experience that she’s claiming? I know she talks about visiting 80 countries. It is not clear. Was she negotiating treaties or agreements or was she handling crises during this period of time? My sense is the answer’s no.”

- Barack Obama, March 2008

“Senior government officials told reporters that Mr. Paulson was drawing a line in the sand: There would be no public money spilled to rescue Lehman.”
- Wall Street Journal

“…Mr. Obama took command of the race during the 10 days following the collapse of Lehman Brothers — when the Wall Street meltdown hit Main Street. Before that event John McCain was leading nationally by three percentage points. Ten days later Mr. Obama was up by five and never relinquished his lead.”
- Scott Rasmussen

“I left Europe four decades ago because socialism has killed opportunities there,” Schwarzenegger said. “In recent years Europe has realized it’s mistakes … and Senator Obama says he wants to pursue the same ’spread the wealth’ ideas that Europe had decades ago.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

“… even after accounting for the employees’ share of FICA taxes, 10 million additional filers would be paying zero federal taxes while receiving checks from the IRS. In Heritage’s latest report on Obama’s stealth welfare program, the think tank forecasts that for Obama’s 10 million new net recipients of federal dollars, the average handout will be more than $2,000 each year.”

- Wall Street Journal

“There is a widespread expectation that the next president could make four appointments in just his first term, with maybe two more in a second term.”

- Steven G. Calabresi