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.

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

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.

I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality.

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