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

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

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

For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.

They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.