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.

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.

A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.

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 am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.

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