Let's say politics stops at the schoolhouse door.

We said, 'Vote for us because we have a chance to meet the big challenges still facing this country.'

The best politics is to do the right thing by the American people.

I believe that for our party and our supporters, the best politics is doing the right thing.

This is a wonderful time to be in the United States.

You can't imagine, as Congressman Kolbe said, what this weather looks like to us.

It matters if we believe the purpose of politics is to bring out the best in people.

But make no mistake about it, there is a new Africa.

We are grateful for that.

I did tell... I said, 'Reverend Rawlings, you're preaching to the saved.'

Ghana has continued to flourish.

Welcome to the United States.

I want to say how pleased I am to have the whole leadership here.

I think there will be some sort of resolution about where to go from here today, and we'll just have to see.

We owe it to the American people, and I'm looking forward to it.

I know we have a lot of things to do today, but I'd like to spend my few moments talking about the education of our kids.

Washington works best when it works as Governors and as the National Governors' Association work: across party lines; focusing on ideas, not ideology; on people, not politics; on unity, not division.

But mostly, I just want to welcome him here and give him the chance to make a few remarks.