I'm tired of women who are conservative like me, being dismissed by others because we don't agree with them. And I think it's time to take that word back for all women, not just for those who believe in the litany of the left.

Somehow a U.N. resolution about Syria puts us where we need to be? I think it is a reflection of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's beliefs that our foreign policy gets set by others.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

We need a different kind of leadership in the White House that understands how to get bureaucracies competent again.