If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.

I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.

Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

I can't see the country electing another Bush, i love Jeb Bush - I think he's a nice guy. I just can't see it.

How is it that we have sodomy protected under that due process but prostitution unprotected? It's schizophrenic.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'