I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

I'm a better talker than writer.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

I can unequivocally tell you I would not have sent my kid to the Iraq war.

I wish everyone in this country could magically leave the country for six months and view the United States from the outside for six months, and I think you'd see a new perspective to the people of this country.

Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.