Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.

We don't need a president who just says, "Gentlemen, start your engines." We need a president who says, America, let's start our economy and put people back to work.

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

I came into public life during the 1960s when a whole bunch of us believed in our ability to change the world. And we did a lot of things.

I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will provide middle class payroll tax relief to get money in the pockets of workers who will spend it, not more tax giveaways for those at the top to stimulate the economy in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. A President who will index the minimum wage to inflation and raise it from a 30 year low, not increase the tax burden on the middle class and those struggling to join it.

America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.