I've Never Attended Any Tea Party Functions.

I've Been Surrounded By Some Of The Best Economic Minds In The Country, And Hopefully I've Absorbed Some Of That.

The Press Tend To Stick With That The People Don't Care About Foreign Policy In Their Daily Lives And Aren't Concerned About It And So On And So Forth. I Don't Think That's Actually True.

I Don't Much Believe In Bumper Sticker Characterizations Of Foreign Policy.

You Have To Negotiate From Positions Of Strength. And Right Now With Iran, We're Not Negotiating From A Position Of Strength. The Europeans Are Negotiating From The Position Of "please Give Up Your Nuclear Weapons Program, And By The Way If You Do We'll Give You Several Boatloads Of Carrots." The Iranians Are Quite Willing To Keep On Negotiating On That Line For A Long Time.

I Haven't Given Up On The Possibility That Sweet Reason Will Prevail.