I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.

Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.