There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

I do know that there are down-ballot people who have run on the Green Party, and some have been successful.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.

North Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.

The economy is better than the one President [Barack] Obama inherited, and unemployment is lower, but the unemployment rate gap remains large.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.