I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick.

Nothing surprises me anymore. We'll keep doing what we're doing. I'm going to keep going forward with solutions that I want to see applied to this great country, the challenges that we're facing. And things like that [e-mails as governor published] are going to be perhaps a distraction for others. They won't distract me.

America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska.

The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.

So how's that hopey changey stuff working out for ya?

The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.