I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.