I've been very active in Missouri.

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.

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

Well look, I don't begrudge anybody in the voters and their views.

I've been very active in Missouri.

I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.

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.