Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we came together in a bipartisan manner and turned that deficit into a surplus. And we did it without raising taxes.

Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.