I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

You should ask the president what he thinks about America.

I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.

The harder part of doing a real story is that there are real people and you have a responsibility to not just go crazy with their lives and have them do things which are not their character, that they then have to live with.

It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.