If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.

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

I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

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

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.