While I am a Republican, I'm a conservative first and I'm a constitutional conservative, and in Washington some of the Republicans are oftentimes just as much a problem as some of the Democrats, and we need to elect more senators like Senator Rubio and others who will stand proudly as conservatives to do the right thing for our country.

You know, I agree with President Obama that in Iraq and Afghanistan, at some point in time, we have to take the training wheels off and we have to allow those countries to stand on their own two feet.

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with.

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in American history, and 14 government funds around the country were downgraded, we earned the highest rating we could earn on our $4 billion investment fund.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be.