I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.

I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this president, in the past year especially, is he is a fantastic candidate.

People like passion in politics.

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.

I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.