Andy Card: “The truth is one minute after 12:00, when the president takes the oath of office, he is the president.”

I believe that he is a criminal. I believe that he violated his oath of office. He violated his security clearances. And he should be held accountable for that.

If this had been a parliamentary form of government, there would be a new government getting sworn in, in a matter of weeks. But we're not a parliamentary system.

When the baton was handed to George W. Bush, the country was sliding into a recession, and you know that.

Republicans do want to bring more discipline to government. They do want to repeal and replace the health care package that the president put in that jammed through Congress.