Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying.

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate.

Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.