Politics

Let's say politics stops at the schoolhouse door.

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.

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

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

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

Ghana has continued to flourish.

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

Welcome to the United States.

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

We are grateful for that.

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

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

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.

We'll answer all the other questions at the press conference.

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