Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters are of that.

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

If we trust parents to choose child care for their children, and we trust them to help their children choose a college to attend – and both those systems have been so successful – why do we not also trust them to choose the best elementary or high school for their children?

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.