We've hit at his power plants because they're essential to running every part of his military machine, ... and this has proven to be effective.
His campaign has used this for some time as an effort to kind of buttress his national security flank by saying I might be his running mate,
Maybe it's because I've never been in politics, but I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe it's run by people like us, in places like this.
The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe to toe with George W. Bush on national security, as well as the party of compassion.
Well we always need brave, capable young men and women who can run a tactical operation and take risks on the battlefield but you should know when we need you to go in there, that if there's any other way to do it, that we could do this without risking your life, we wouldn't ask you to risk your life.
I'm running to be the president of the United States, not the vice president, and I will not accept that nomination, ... Meet the Press.