“We can all see that growth is slowing.”

“We can all see that growth is slowing.”

President Bush

In his State of the Union address, acknowledging rising food and gas prices and increasing unemployment.

“Tonight President Bush claimed that the state of our union is strong. And we can all debate that. But what is not up for debate is that for too many American families, the true ‘state of their lives’ is one of economic anxiety and uncertainty.”

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

On Bush’s State of the Union address.

“I believe that a wave of change is moving across America.”

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

Endorsing Barack Obama for president.