It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

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.

Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.

I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.

I think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard.