I was going to get out of politics, and then they made me chairman of the Republican Party. It's been 11 years now.

I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samantha]

I'm a Republican. I'm probably not the cookie-cutter Republican that fits the litmus test of Republican Party politics. But I don't want to be that.

I'll miss the people most of all.

I began volunteering because I was looking for a pastime and I wanted to see if I would enjoy it. I've been there ever since.

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leader