You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

I will work and fight for stem cell research.

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

There are some who would have a presidential candidate describe and explain his church's distinctive doctrines. To do so would enable the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution. No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith. For if he becomes President he will need the prayers of the people of all faiths.

China can be our partner, but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis.

I'm learning to say 'y'all' and, I like grits... Strange things are happening to me.