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

I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with inalienable rights that I believe are God-given.

The news makes me sad, so I don't watch it.

Well, let's see. There's-of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but...

Rain is something the democrats use to sell umbrellas.

There were times (during my early campaigns) when I thought, "You know what I could really use? A wife."

When I took my oath of office to serve as your Governor, remember, I swore to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests of this great state like a grizzly with cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. Alaska, as a statewide family, we've got to fight for each other, not against and not let external, sensationalized distractions draw us off course. As an exciting year of unpredictable change begins, we, too, have our work cut out for us. And we're all in this together. Just like our musk ox, they circle up to protect their future when they are challenged. We've got to do the same.