The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party.

The greatest threat to our national security is our debt. We borrow a million dollars a minute.

I think it's fair to point out that there is bias in the media on both sides, both right and left. And that it's very hard to find objective news because we have gotten, particularly as you watch cable news, it's so dominated by opinion.

I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been Republicans, but we've always wanted the Republican Party to be the party of fiscally conservative, limited-government types. And I think, sometimes, we haven't done that as well.

Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.

The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words.

I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.