I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

We are on course to field viable Democrats in seats across the state. Our goal is to challenge Republicans in every district and we believe we are on course to do it.

I can tell you this, if it wasn't for my book royalties, I'd be in debt.

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.