Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich represent the big government frugal socialist wing of the party. And I represent the true constitutional conservative wing of our party.

Spending comes just as natural to liberals in Minnesota and the Minnesota legislature as bashing decency comes to the editorial board of our major metropolitan newspapers.

I'm the only one that can take the debate to Barack Obama and win and be elected.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against gay marriage, this year. And in all likelihood, we will have gay marriage in 2004 in Minnesota , if we don't get this amendment on the ballot for November.

Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

The sex curriculum will be essentially by taught by the local gay community.