The majority of Republicans on [Capitol] Hill want him out. They feel he’s undercut them [and] made comments that have been very undiplomatic.

It’s amazing to say, and this is not an exaggeration, that Bob Rubin has more influence today on Capitol Hill than the current Treasury Secretary.

If you talk to people at the White House privately over a drink, off the record, they will tell you they made a mistake [by not going] to Wall Street.

Won the war, lost the economy, lost the election. That’s the mantra that haunts these people.