I can't see the country electing another Bush, i love Jeb Bush - I think he's a nice guy. I just can't see it.

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

We've gone down a road to which we don't have the answers for. That's why we have the schizophrenic decisions coming out of the Supreme Court that don't balance logically with one versus another decision.

How is it that we have sodomy protected under that due process but prostitution unprotected? It's schizophrenic.

If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.