In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.

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Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it...

Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it...

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take...

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take...

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater...

I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater...

They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I...

They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I...

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

I wake up some mornings hating me too.

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions....

As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions....

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not...

When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not...

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so...

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so...

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the...

I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the...

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran...

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran...

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's...

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has...

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has...

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I...

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I...

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the...

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the...

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that...

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that...

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get...

We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get...