They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way.

Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate. He did this. He waited until it was a done deal that we would increase the debt ceiling, and more money would be spent, more money borrowed and then spent on bigger government. And then he came out and he made a statement, that he didn't like the deal after all. You know, you can't defer an issue and assume that the problem is going to be then avoided.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also.

Tax dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests.