The middle income families in America have been crushed over the last four years.

I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. Those are up to the people of Ohio. But I certainly support the efforts of the governor to reign in the scale of government. I am not terribly familiar with the two ballot initiatives. But I am certainly supportive of the Republican Party's efforts here.

My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles around the world.

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.