Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement.
The American people have divided responsibility for leadership
right down the middle.
Tom Daschle |
Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons
of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader
who has used them against his own people.
Tom Daschle |
Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong -
stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger
than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know
that our union can be stronger still.
Tom Daschle |
People were concerned about national security, and that precluded
us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues
that we cared most about - the economy, education and health
care.
Tom Daschle |
President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that
there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute
to China to get those jobs.
Tom Daschle |
Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this
decision-making process. They want to feel included.
Tom Daschle |
The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing
to begin.
Tom Daschle |
We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the
Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international
law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and
we are doing so militarily.
Tom Daschle |
We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we
conduct and decide elections in the United States.
Tom Daschle |
We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to
govern at all.
Tom Daschle |
We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of
special interests on politics.
Tom Daschle |
What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need
now is acceptance.
Tom Daschle
Address to Democratic National Committee's
Platform-Drafting Committee, June 2004. |
When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're
agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that
you have as a member of the majority.
Tom Daschle |