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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.

As a Republican, I am all for competition.

When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.

If you look at Republicans, they always run these old war horses.

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

Republicans will own Congress.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP.

The Republican party is not perfect, but if you put this party's record of achievements on one side of a balance scale and the Democrat's record on the other, the Republican side would slam the table.