I've spent the last year listening to Americans, and the state of the union that George W. Bush lives in is very different from the state that most hardworking Americans are living in.

It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander in chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril.

I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.

Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must rise to.

Hollywood has glorified adult premarital sex, and that is unhelpful if your goal is to reduce teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births.

Most people want their representatives to get something done.

Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.