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I am not a rabid partisan.

I'm not a partisan.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate.

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it.

I'm no one's pet, and I intend to be an independent voice in the U.S. Senate.

I am not as partisan as people think I am.

I try not to make it personal, and I don't care about partisan politics one way or the other.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles, but I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans out of conservatism rather than an active candidate.

In my job you can't just put your head in the sand and throw partisan bombshells. You have to get results.

I enjoy the debate... I haven't met a single person in Congress yet that I dislike. It's not about moderating your views: it's about being able to talk about them and defending them in a way that's uplifting to people.