Government Is Dysfunctional.

You Have To Take Away Some Of Tax Breaks For The Wealthy, And You Have To Cut Back On Some Entitlements. Because, Unless We Do All Of These Things, It Just Doesn't Work. And What's Good Theater And What's Good Politics Isn't Necessarily Good Economic Policy.

We Need Our President To Be Successful Because Our Futures Are All Tied To The Success Of America, Which Means America's Government, Which Means, In Essence, The President.

Nobody's Going To Go Home For A Year And Come Back. Nobody Could Ever Enforce That. Nobody In Their Right Mind Would Ever Try To Do It.

I Think That Most Of The Candidates [for Presidency] Can't Run The Railroad, And I Still Worry That Whoever Gets Elected Will Have Policies Designed For Political Rather Than Practical Reasons.

We Would Betray Our Values And Play Into Our Enemies' Hands If We Were To Treat Muslims Differently Than Anyone Else. In Fact, To Cave To Popular Sentiment Would Be To Hand A Victory To The Terrorists, And We Should Not Stand For That.