Losing is tough.

Debates, I hate.

No, I'm not anguished and tormented.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

I also want to send the message that I think this can be resolved peacefully,

I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists.

He was straight, to the point, asked the tough question, but never had a kind of edge that put people off guard, ... I don't know what they're going to do there at CNN. But I think that they must know, in losing Bernie Shaw they've lost an icon.