Maybe at the same time as I'm more confident today, I'm also more humble.

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

I don't mind cleaning up the mess that some other folks made, that's what I signed up to do

The ultimate goal is two states for two people: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people and the State of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people - each state in joined self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.

We want to see the Iranians engage, and as you know, we have attempted to bring about that engagement over the course of the last three-plus years. It has not proven effective.

If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan, your running mate, is that we would give a voucher to seniors and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance.

The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are.