It's that Romney is taking advantage of the government's "free stuff," too, and has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time - even as he rails about the "free stuff" that the government provides other people.

Bill Ford, Jr., is somebody who wants to move this industry, to lead the nation in making us independent of foreign oil, of making the green vehicle.

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.

Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.