I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

Governor Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street and decided not to support the bailout of Detroit.

We had 90 percent rates, but nobody paid them. And so you had all these exemptions, exclusions, shelters, all this kind of stuff. And that's why most Americans are saying, 'Look, let's just be honest. Let's have lower rates, but everybody pays them.'

One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country.

I support the Ryan budget plan. I think it’s the right direction on the major points. I can’t say I’ve read all of it, but on the major thrust of what he’s doing, I support what he wants to do with Medicare, Medicaid. The only thing I would do, frankly, as I’ve said publicly many times, I think we should implement a lot of these things sooner than what he’s suggesting.

Saddam Hussein was not an Islamist. He's not a radical jihadist. He's not a radical Muslim. I mean, he was a - he was a Baathist. He was a secular - even though he professed to be a good and devout Muslim.

Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up.