I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.

After all, the U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

ISIS have to be defeated. They have to be defeated militarily. How are we going to do that if we continue to weaken our military?

And that sort of victimization narrative is something we shouldn't contribute to. On the other hand, we have to acknowledge that there is a radical element in Islam, jihadism, that needs to be called by name and needs to be confronted.

If in fact the rates go up because the president refuses to budge then he will have to answer for that next year when our economy is not growing. When, unfortunately, people lose their jobs who work at a dental clinic as a medical billing specialist, or the paralegal at a law firm loses their job, or the courier at the law firm loses a job, these are not millionaires and billionaires.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining the constitutional basis of this government. This president is undermining our military. He is undermining our standing in the world....The damage he has done to America is extraordinary.

Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.