I have never heard a president in bad times running against - let's face it, that's what he's doing here - running against bad times, when he's the presiding officer.

I know, when I look into the eyes of my own children, the look of wonder when I speak of life back in the '60s. That's why the Rolling Stones are such a hit even in their 60s, why Dennis Hopper is so compelling, even when he's making pitches for something unhip as long-term financial planning.

Isn't it odd that the guy was politically correct in one particularly weird way. Bill Clinton never lit a cigar.

We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely.

There ought to be an onus on the people that want a law, rather than people that don`t need a new law.

We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.

I still think a reasonable question is, would we be better off with [Muamar] Gadhafi and Bashar al-Assad still in there and Mubarak still there and Saddam [Hussein] there than the crap we have got looking at us now?