When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.

Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader.

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.