I think he's entitled to who he wants. But when he goes out to Iowa and said, we've got the best cabinet ever, that's not a point on which Americans agree.

I think they have to figure out two or three issues on which they're willing to cooperate, infrastructures the most obvious. They don't have a plan of their own yet. They desperately need to come up with a plan of their own. But I think…

I don't think the election should be read as a triumph of obstructionism. I don't -- I think Trump was not one of the candidates who ran on that. He ran it for change, to bust the whole thing out.

The very important message is 'I'm on your side. I'm on your side.' And that's a message that goes beyond his base, that's the kind of thing that saves me as part politically.

I think President Obama deserved credit for helping save the automobile industry. It's one of his big accomplishments.

Give me a break.

This is fundamental to who we are as Americans. It represents our values, it represents our culture.

I think remains hopeful, not optimistic, but hopeful, that Donald Trump will temper some of his proposals.

He needs to do that. I think as urgent as his appointment are is to give reassurances to the country, he will respect people's rights.

If they restrict it to the circle of loyalists, they're going to have problems down the road.

This meeting historically has not been one you chew over a program ... This is really an opportunity to get the transition and moving.