If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University.

Sure, we have an obstacle, ISIS. They can do great damage. They can do great damage and they scare the living hell out of everybody with good reason. But they are, instead of dealing with nation-states that are arranged against us, we're to deal with non-state actors that can do damage to us. But this is within our control. We are beginning to make genuine progress as to how we isolate them, how we take them out. We're in a situation - I mean, I just could go on. But I am - the only generic criticism I had is we're not talking about the possibilities.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

I'm joking, I'm joking. Best decision I ever made.

The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.