I know we can fix our problems. When there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do than they worry about winning reelection, it is possible to work together, achieve principal compromise, and get results for the people who give us these jobs in the first place.

Governor Romney has been successful. I think, that's what we want in a President of the United States.

I feel passionately about issues, and I don't hide my emotions from people. I am not a focus group-tested, blow-dried candidate or governor. Now that has always made some people, you know, uneasy. Some people like that style, some people don't. [...] But I am not a bully.

I know the human spirit. I haven't found a wall that can be built that a determined human being can't get over, under or around.

And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else.

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker John Boehner.