Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

If we're going to have a strong and dynamic economy in the years ahead, we need to tackle some of the structural challenges that our economy faces and the tax code is one of the biggest.

Every presidential spouse is going to be subjected to scrutiny.

Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet.

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.

But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.

I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.