01/07/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"He's a Senator killer."
"There's no way that our party would be successful in the fall if we put forward a long-serving senator to stand up against Barack Obama's message of change."
"People across the country are saying that Washington is fundamentally broken and has to be changed."
"It's going to take a person who is himself an innovator, like myself, who has the experience to bring change to Washington."