That's important, I think, for people who come here to realize that we are here for only a time and we have an obligation of service and we need to keep things in perspective.

Hurricane Sandy interrupted Mr. Romney’s momentum and allowed Mr. Obama to look presidential and bipartisan.

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

America has become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day.

But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.

I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.

Look, America was a narrowly divided country in 2000;49-49 was what Michael Barone called it. It's a 49-49 nation.