To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

With a weak and rotting core, you don't have much of a foreign policy. You're discounted at the negotiating table, economically and militarily. So when people ask what's the best course of action for the U.S.-China relationship, I can give you ten academic responses. But the reality is we need to rebuild our core.

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.