We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.

People are great across America.

I served on the budget committee in the Senate, and I remember as vividly as if it were yesterday when we had a hearing in which Alan Greenspan came and justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt - outrageous in my view.

Tunnels, our ports, our airports - they need work. And there are millions of jobs to be done.

Unfortunately, there's been a lot of very divisive, dark things said about Muslims.

I would like to see more successful business people run for office.

The first step is to take weapons off the streets and to put more police on them.