If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.

I look around the world, I don't see America's influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding, in part because of the failure of Barack Obama to deal with our economic challenges at home; in part because of our withdrawal from our commitment to our military in the way I think it ought to be; in part because of the turmoil with Israel.

Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.

I happen to believe that if we want to replace a lifetime politician like Barack Obama, who had no experience leading anything... We've got to nominate a leader if we're going to replace someone who is not a leader.

The TARP program was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.

In the political environment that exists today, the opposition research of the Obama campaign is looking for anything they can use to distract from the failure of the president to reignite our economy. And Im simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.