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You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.

'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.

There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.

We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.

There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.

I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.