What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.

I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.

What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He's much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible and that I'm not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that's involved in national politics.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.

I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.