And while he acknowledged that some Americans were hurting, his remarks certainly didn't register very high on the empathy scale.
"So far, you're not registering high on my terror meter."
While education, health care and taxes were important issues among Hispanic voters, crime also registered high on their list of concerns.
Albania has never registered very high in the average American's consciousness - and for good reason.
The quakes in California last weekend registered as high as 6.9.
But he was recently turned down for life insurance when his cholesterol level registered dangerously high.
These are just some of the places that register high on the tourist's agenda.
There had only been three eggs all week, and one of those had registered too high.
But the needle failed to reach the gold line that registered high on the dial.
I probably registered high on some sort of psi-lunacy index.