It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption.

You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East, and we're not going to be divided along any lines.

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.

You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.

I've said my patience is not infinite.

Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.