Five years ago, when I was elected, I had the feeling that the president doesn't have much to do. I've realized, though, that this is not a rubber-stamp position.
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
A president cannot sit on his hands and be seen as passive in the face of ruthless action by a foreign dictator.
It's always valuable for someone running for president... to have as much bipartisan support as possible.
It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.
Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.
In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.
Whether it's running for president or trying to win an Oscar, campaigning is a must and relationships are a big part of that. It's about who you know to rally behind you.
I agree with President Obama and Attorney General Holder that we need to reform our criminal sentencing laws.
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.
The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.
People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure.
I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.
Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.
No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.
I think it's less risky for the Kerry campaign to embrace former President Clinton than it is to reject him.
Republicans have to be relieved. Given all the bad news this White House has faced, at least the president's hemorrhaging has stopped.
If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.
The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist.
