I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.
It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge.
My advice would be the same advice that I gave President [George W.] Bush when he won in '04, and, kind of, wasn't followed. I think you go with the things you know you can pass.
I was always responsible for everything in my campaign.
Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it.
People have a right to protest; they have a right to make their opinion. They can be very upset about what they consider to be a murder of a person in custody, but you cannot destroy property. First person does it goes to jail.