Bennie Thompson

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda. ”

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. ”

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. ”

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas. ”

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us. ”

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work. ”