It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003. We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it.

Every president developed his own style. You know that we don't recruit them to a certain standard.

There’s a large part of me that’s four years old. I wake up in the morning and I know that somewhere there’s a cookie. I don’t know where it is but I know it’s mine and I have to go find it. That’s how I live my life. My life is amazingly filled with fun.

To the degree I was too brash, Too self-confident or too pushy, I apologize.

I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion.

I want to make sure every House Republican is protected from some kind of dishonest, Democratic edge. So, let me say on the record: any ad which quotes what I said on Sunday is a falsehood.

I am excited about the next generation of leaders. I have a hunch there will be a whole group of people who will decide they will stand up; I know people 15 years old asking me how to get into politics. So we will have a steady stream of new blood.