Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist judges. Newt Gingrich did all those things when he was speaker. We got tax relief. We got balanced budgets. We got, you know, job creation. We paid down our national debt.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'

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

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.