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Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four years. I'd like to see somebody who's going in the office. In fact, I'd like to not see them because that way you'd be sure that they'd be working.

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.

It's rare when a president wins the campaign without winning independents.

Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.

By the time a second term rolls around, the illusions about a president have largely evaporated.