It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.

I think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number of Democrats as well.

The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops.

The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.

It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.

Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.