And I have a plan to do even better, to end welfare as we know it

It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If 'is' means 'is and never has been' that's one thing - if it means 'there is none', that was a completely true statement.

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.

I wanted to continue to be active on those things that I cared about when I was president where I could still have an impact.

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.

Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.

Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.