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.

There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.

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 would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.

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.

The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

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