The issue focused on same-sex marriage, as did the election of President Obama. A June 2012 survey by Public Policy Polling found that 64 percent of voters believe marriage should be between a man and a woman, while 40 percent want it to be between two people of the same sex.

He also spent time talking about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server. He said he could not bring himself to comment on what she had done or say how her actions might affect his potential bid for president