There's criticism the president is isolated and doesn't understand what real people's problems are.

The White House thinks the give-and-take leads to a livelier event with more energy. They're trying to show he's at ease, and that he wants to interact with regular people.

I think Gore was over-reacting in some ways to the criticism that Clinton hadn't pushed hard enough.

You get to the stage where every little bit of criticism that comes to you, you use to make you stronger, ... We get it from a lot of angles now and we hope to answer it by success.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

Feedback is helpful and constructive; criticism is hurtful and damaging.