The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.

I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere.

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?

I would have handled it differently than the mayor of Baltimore, that's for sure. I think it's a mistake to say, hey, guys, you can pillage the city for a while and we'll let that go, and we'll be sort of standing back. I think it's also important to know some of the underlying causes of why there's unease in our country.

The vast majority of my time is traveling and talking about the issues. It isn't really calling and asking for money.

I think women have come a long way. Women are in positions not because they're women, they're in positions because they're intelligent and they should be equal to their counterparts and treated equally.