Mitt Romney has a history of being a great job creator. Secondly, he was a great governor. He went from billions of dollars in the hole when he became governor to billions of dollars in surplus when he left. And he went from the loss of tens of thousands jobs when he became governor to the creation of 40,000 new jobs when he left office.

I worry about America. For the first time in my lifetime, I'm worried about us, i'm worried about how our values to some degree have been eroded, of personal responsibility and compassion and teamwork. I worry about it, I worry about the fact that we're so divided.

If you talk to anybody who's been successful in business, they will tell you the thing that matters the most are people. And clearly, in this case, the quality of the people was not paid attention to. By the board and I don't know what they were doing. And I think there is a certain accountability by the board here.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of this.

Politics doesn't have to be a drag. It can be positive, and it can be fun, and it can be inspiring.

People are beginning to understand my vision and my message because finally people are beginning to allow me to be heard.