I know some in the media think conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. We believe that every American in every community has the right to pursue happiness.

I used to be a conservative.

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

I don't think there's any Bush baggage at all.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

There is no question we need higher academic standards and at the local level the rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms.