ERSKINE BOWLES

Erskine Bowles and I know that we have been successful with this commission because we have pissed off almost everyone in America.

The era of deficit denial is over

I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

There is spending in the tax code.

Don’t worry Congressman. President Clinton can’t stand you either.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

The US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business.

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.

It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

I believe in working in a bipartisan manner.

And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable.

I always thought that I was okay with arithmetic.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history.

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within.

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

The era of deficit denial is over

There is spending in the tax code.

We’re the healthiest horse in the glue factory.

Don’t worry Congressman. President Clinton can’t stand you either.

The US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business.