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

In America, we believe that competition strengthens us.

It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.

If we were real domestic terrorists, shoot, President Obama would be wanting to pal around with us, wouldn't he?

That GOP leadership, that establishment, they've got to get their stuff together I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they've got to get tough, man. You know what? It's not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.

I used to wonder if the occasionally rough edges of politics were unique here under the Great North Star. But I ventured out a bit this past year, and I tell you that, as partisan quarrels go, ours really aren't so bad.

We need to cut these things that aren't constitutionally mandated, that are kind of on the periphery, the fluffery, like NPR and National Endowment for the Arts. Those are obvious.