For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.

I run for president because I believe that we can't just save the American dream; we can expand it to reach more people and change more lives than ever before.

I think what we need to do is understand our number one obligation is to act in the national interest of the United States of America. I believe it is in our national interest to see democracy take hold on the island of Cuba. And so we examine our foreign policy, including all the changes that President Obama made, in that lens and through that lens.

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

All of these things we're talking about now, it will take time to sink in. But when voters begin to realize what we're really up against here, and what he's trying to do, I think you're going to see a sea shift here pretty quickly.

I would vote against anything that grants amnesty because I think it destroys your ability to enforce the existing law