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

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.

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like.

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

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

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up.

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.