Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.

We got results that would not have been possible without a negotiating partner like Joe Biden.

Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.

You can disagree with someone on issues, but you should never get personal. Joe Biden has never gotten personal, to my knowledge, with a fellow senator.

If we do nothing, we are handing our children a ticking time bomb that will require they pay ever greater payroll taxes just as they are beginning their careers, starting their own families and staking their claim to the American Dream.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise - not our political opponents, and certainly not a disingenuous filmmaker, who would have us believe.