If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.

Here is the thing about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is hitting a nerve in this country.

You watch people run for president, and a large part of what they say, they don't ever follow through on. But I don't think you can afford to wait on this [trade agreements].

I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did.

You know, it's trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. Not only are there a lot of outsiders intervening but this also involves a vicious internal war. There are many who believe the Alawites will fight to the death because they believe that, should they lose power, the majority would take, would show no compassion for them. They ruled that country for a long time, ruthlessly. It is a vicious civil war that makes one want to cry every day.

Never in my lifetime have I been called boring. But I think I was a boring candidate for president because I tried to be responsible. And one of the greatest problems I had is that I was governor.

I don't accept that. I really don't care - I'm going to be like one of these deniers - I don't care what the polls say.