We for sure need to secure the border. I think we need to enforce the legal system. I'm not for amnesty, I'm not an advocate of the plans that have been pushed here in Washington... we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that doesn't mean amnesty.

One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class.

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.

Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.

About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio.

There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

In my teenage years I was as addicted to great pop as I was to free jazz, electronic music, and hardcore blues.