Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

Early numbers are always wrong.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.