I've always been a reformer all the time I served in public office, and remain a reformer in Ohio, but I also know how to get things done. And I think it's important that, while we acknowledge the anxieties that Americans have, I think it's also important we realize at the end of the day, we need to have somebody who knows how to land a plane, and I've landed quite a few planes.

Nothing is more important to me than my family, my faith, and my friends.

[President] needs to engage them in a very personal way. And he needs to tell them that this is something that America, the United States of America, needs. Not Republican. It's not Democrat. It's America.

With all those fledgling countries in Asia, who really want to stand with us but they live under the shadow of China and the smaller shadow of Russia. So I just think Trans-Pacific Partnership is really important both economically and geopolitically.

I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.