I am the first to admit that I am not the greatest campaign strategist or political analyst.

As the grandson of Italian immigrants, maybe I am biased, but I think Christopher Columbus, the man who is rightfully credited with bringing European civilization to the Western Hemisphere, deserves the national holiday enacted by Congress in 1934.

I am... stubborn, and I admit it, so it's OK.

Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor.