I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.

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

The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.

Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.

I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.