"The surge for Huckabee is remarkable in size and intensity alike. He's attracted not just support but enthusiastic support, from core Republican groups including conservatives, evangelicals and strong abortion opponents."

"I think of it this way...A nut falls in the forest. The seeds take hold. The big tree happened a long, long, time ago. You can't just plant the tree somewhere else. You can't just recreate this."

"Now voters will judge whether living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges that the next president will face...I think we need a president with more experience than that."

"You either ignore it or you respond," Lewis said. "We are in a new phase of the campaign in which the debate among candidates is not happening only on TV debates but has moved to the daily campaign dialogue. She's not going to be on the sidelines."

"We've got to have a fuller and ultimately...more accurate way of assessing what's going on in the classroom. The main goal of testing should not be to reward or punish."