Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

I'm a true native of the Bay Area.

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.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.