I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something I would oppose.

I'm pleased that I've balanced budgets. I was on the world of business for 25 years. If you didn't balance your budget, you went out of business. I went into the Olympics that was out of balance, and we got it on balance, and made a success there. I had the chance to be governor of a state. Four years in a row, Democrats and Republicans came together to balance the budget. We cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.