I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways.

It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.

"Statesman" presumes I'm out there giving opinions all the time about things, and no, I'm not interested in opining on a lot of subjects.

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too.

For decades, free nations tolerated oppression in the Middle East for the sake of stability. In practice, this approach brought little stability and much oppression, so I have changed this policy.