I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels. I concur that climate change is beginning to [have an] effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action.

I think it's unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.

We have a potentially volatile situation but we sort of live with it, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it.

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

I've met graduating college kids facing loan payments and a bad economy, and they are worried that they won't be able to get a job. This is not the way America needs to be.

I'm not going to say to Putin that he'll get more flexibility after the election. After the election he'll get more backbone.

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