If you don't run, you can't win.

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.

National campaigns are tough. Yes, you have to be prepared to be attacked, and I have to tell you, if you get elected, you have to also be prepared.

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.