Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify it, then we're not going to spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, just to make somebody happy, if it's not good for the economy.

Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.

It's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals.

Working full-time should mean enough to support a family.

I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.

Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.

Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.