politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.

When a guy gets elected to the Senate or the governor's mansion, he wakes up the next morning and says to himself, 'You're presidential material,'

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.

Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available!

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research.