I would put Michele Bachmann, I would put Mitt Romney, I would put Governor Perry.

I don't believe there is a Republican front runner. I think every candidate has sufficient strengths and sufficient weaknesses that nobody is in first place by enough to call them a front runner.

You know, Anderson, as James knows, campaigns are probably the most grueling thing you can do to yourself.

It's a fair fight. And this is the stuff of which campaigns are made to see who can make their case stronger for Republican primary voters.

It's way too soon for anybody to pronounce who's going to win the Republican nomination.

The thing that made my eyebrows raised, though, on that interview was when he said this is a Perry/Romney race and Michele Bachmann is in third.

Presidents always do best when they lead the most. And if you even if you don't like what they're saying, presidents get credit for leadership if they take the initiative.

Something about the president's policies is not working.

Presidents can make things a lot worse.

When Barack Obama came into office, there were 11.9 million Americans were unemployed. Today there are 13.9 million Americans are unemployed.

The stimulus was a failure.

The big issue, though, is it doesn't matter what area you serve in, a crisis is going to arise on every president's watch.

The fact is that in four years of Barack Obama he will increase the debt by more than George Bush did in eight years of George Bush.

He never took the debt seriously until April of this year.

In four years of Barack Obama, he will increase the debt by more than George Bush did in eight years of George Bush.

I have been very public about saying that anybody who wants to default this nation is making a big mistake.

The problem President Obama has with the country is, they don't want the blame. He's the leader. They want a solution.

I hope so. I think the Tea Party deserves it. I think they're the ones who have made this whole debate and this whole fact, now that we're actually trying to cut spending in Washington, reality.

The President is going to have to show leadership to really take on entitlement spending.

If the Boehner plan fails in the House of Representatives tomorrow, it's going to be a political calamity for Republicans.

If it passes in the House tomorrow, I think it's going to be a political calamity for the Democrats because at that point the Democrats are going to have to realize that the only way the debt gets increased is with Democratic votes.

Members of the Tea Party came to Washington to educate Washington. They didn't come there so Washington could educate them on how things were going to get done.

What was interesting to me was the Tea Party freshman said that he can see some type of accommodation for a short-term solution so long as they know they're going to get the structural reforms at the end of the day.

the only way that the tax cuts for the upper income tier expires is if Barack Obama is willing to put on the table the individual mandate.

I think there's no alternative.