If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.

When you have a 12-minute debate over whether lipstick on a pig refers to a demeaning comment about the vice presidential candidate, you know we're not talking about health reform, we're not talking about energy policy, we're not talking about balancing the budget. And you know, it's fairly stupid.

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

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.

This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment.

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.