I love my kids; I'm very close to all three of them.

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

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states.

I want to say with the utmost of sincerity, not as a Republican, but as an American, that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historic achievement to become his party's nominee, not because of his color, but with indifference to it.

We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it very clear that the courts can't make a law. The Constitution is expressly clear that that's a power reserved to Congress.

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