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

There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.

Go Hard or Go Home, but never go home hard!

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

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.