We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.

America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

Our economic competitors ... are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.

Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got.