Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers.

New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.

If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.

The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate.

I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

I support renewable energy.