I felt like I was in charge.

Office of the Vice President... The Council on Competativeness.

This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!