The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

What I want to do more than anything as president of the United States is to restore the honor and dignity and respect that this country is owed around the world.

Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. It would be tough but we could do it.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.