Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.

Being the governor of a state is a more pivotal job in the future. I do indeed hope there's someone that says, "I'm going to go to Washington, try to get back to our constitutional roots, devolve the centralization of government back to the states." So why would you want to be up there if the action is down here in the states?

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important thing that the president of the United States does, is create a climate where job creators know that they're going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. And it's never too late to start that.

The Obama administration is an affront to every freedom-loving American,and a threat to every private sector job in this country.

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.