My change in party will enable me to be re-elected.

It has been my experience that the hearings are really, in effect, a subtle minuet, with the nominee answering as many questions as he thinks necessary in order to be confirmed.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

Effective security measures do not come cheap.

There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd.