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

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

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

When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need to do. And that's why it's so important to get this economy moving, to get jobs created. We can't keep going on with this anemic recovery.

Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job.

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.

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.