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

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

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by...

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by...

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'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.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the...

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the...

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...

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an...

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an...

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...

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...

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...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.