I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and the copy of his admission records to show whether he got any loans as a foreign student. When he releases that, talk to me about my tax returns.

We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

Pro-life includes improving life after birth.

I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home.

I would describe myself as a "total conservative, a conscientious one."

Everywhere I go on the campaign trail, I meet voters with a real thirst for a healthy discussion of the issues. Ultimately, people don't care whether an issue comes from the left or the right. What they want to talk about are ideas that lift America up and make us better. It's what I call 'Vertical Politics'.

It doesn't embarrass me one bit to let you know that I believe Adam and Eve were real people.