The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.

I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that.

That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and there are different viewpoints out there. It doesn't mean just because we're members of one party or another, doesn't mean that we behave monolithically. It means that we will express our view points.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.