I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.

I want to show you an optimistic sign that things are beginning to turn around.

Maybe you guys will get lucky this year and face the Orioles in the World Series

Okay, I won't open it until then

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Getting [cruise missiles] more accurate so that we can have precise precision.