Nobody likes to make a hard decision, because you're running every two years.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes you've got to make a hard decision, and there's a real reluctance to make hard decisions in Washington.
I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests.
I've been a politician long enough to know that every year will find us living in a situation that one couldn't have imagined a year previously. Sometimes it's better than we imagined, sometimes it's not as good.
I have no intention of running for office again.
I'm hesitant anytime someone puts a contract in front of me that has two-year options.
You're not going to put up good numbers every year.
I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.
I am not a good decision maker; that's one of the things I don't like about myself.
If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.
Every member of my family knows that running for office is a personal decision.