I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly.

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like - or to the developed world, to people like - in the United States.

We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.