We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll.

The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.

When [Republicans] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing voters for fools.

Common decency is a core part of who people are.

Politically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much about what he says. He gauges the effect. Sometimes, in the middle of a speech, he will change his direction if the audience doesn't like him.

[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.

We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll.