When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

I've decided to do it, for the pure and simple reason that I just think it's the right thing to do.

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.

I didn't leave the Republican Party. It left me.

I'm not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one.

As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to 'my way or the highway' bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise.

I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.