I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.

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.'

I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.

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

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

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 don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.