Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.

A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.

It's just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It's not enough anymore to 'Just do it.' Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.

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

Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.

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