I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied to tax policy.

I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

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

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.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.