I kind of know what my job is, it's to develop a message that's hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country, to develop ideas that will give people a sense that they can lift up, and to tell them about my leadership skills to make it so.

I want to accelerate, not slow down, the enforcement of the death penalty in Florida.

I kind of miss Donald Trump. He was a little teddy bear to me.

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.

If someone wants to run a campaign about '90s nostalgia, it's not going to be very successful.