"The thousands of African-American women and men lining up at early-voting sites in Florida are sending a profound message across this country."

"While President Bush has repeatedly affirmed his respect for Islam and the Arab world, he has failed to act in the face of repeated bigoted statements made by members of his Administration and his leading supporters."

"As happened to the German Army under Nazi rule, Israel’s occupation army is forced to disavow any recognizable code of honour, and sink to the lowest levels of inhuman depravity."

"To obscure their own ultra-elite loyalties, Bush and Cheney will keep trying to portray Kerry and Edwards as tools of wealthy trial lawyers and Hollywood snobs."

"While Vice President Cheney was attempting to defend a failed policy, Edwards' response was a studied one, that was political. Herein lies the problem."

"Bush and Cheney have been stumbling when confronted with information about their deceptions on Iraq. Their biggest enemies are memory and videotape."

"Both also urged the United States and Israel to push for the full implementation of the Roadmap with simultaneous steps taken by both Israel and the Palestinians."

"To use a much-overworked boxing metaphor, the debate featured no knockdowns, but Kerry won on points. Despite the constraints imposed on the proceedings, the more than 50 million viewers who tuned in to the 90-minute debate were treated to a rather substantive discussion of two competing approaches to diplomacy, the war on terrorism and to winning the war in Iraq."