This Thanksgiving, Americans are especially thankful for our freedom, and we are especially thankful to you, those who keep us free.

Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And were not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. Were a party that welcomes people.

Too many of our children cannot read. Reading is the building block, and it must be the foundation for education reform.

I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion.

I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.

I regret that we weren't able to reform Social Security. The fact that we weren't able to when we had majorities in the House and the Senate I think reflected poorly on our political party.

I've got a dad who jumps out of an airplane.