I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.

I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.