When you raise taxes on small business, from 35% to 40%, you will kill jobs.

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

I'm severely conservative.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running the Olympics that you can get money there to help build economic opportunities. We actually got over $410 million from the federal government; that is a huge increase over anything ever done before. We did that by going after every agency of government. That kind of creativity I want to bring to everything we do (in Massachusetts).

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.