Out Loud: April 18, 2008

"If you live in Chicago, that means you're scraping ice every morning."

Sen. Barack Obama, providing examples of how he's a regular guy

"He's a bear. He always wants more. Hillary never asks for more, but Bill always asks for more."

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, on Bill Clinton's demand to appear at more campaign events for his wife

"Let me tell you something, it's no old man's job."

Rep. John Murtha, the 75-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat, on the presidency, in a slap at 71-year-old Sen. John McCain

"Do you think that Dick Cheney's going to hear two gags from me and say, 'You know what? I've been wrong'?"

Craig Ferguson, the comic entertainment for the upcoming White House Correspondents' Association dinner, on suggestions he could influence Washington with his monologue

Sources: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Capitol File