Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

I think on a national level your Department of Law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out.

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.

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.

Rain is something the democrats use to sell umbrellas.

We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the American people. A lot of bravery and courage displayed by those folks on behalf of all of us. It's also a good day for the administration. I think President [Barack] Obama and his national security team acted on the intelligence when it came in, and they deserve a lot of credit, too.

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.