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.

I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.

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.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

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