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The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit.

You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

I'm not running for president.

The presidency is not an office job.

The President doesn't ring people out of the blue, so you know you've done something well.

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

There's nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year.

If nobody trusts you as president, then you can't get anything done.

Five years ago, when I was elected, I had the feeling that the president doesn't have much to do. I've realized, though, that this is not a rubber-stamp position.