I believe we're the party of small business.
We are in favor of greater free markets.
Our party may have swung too far right at various times.
One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.
But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didn't just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.
Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.
Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.
If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in.
I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.
I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
