I love my right-wing friends, my practical friends, my bleeding heart friends - without all of these viewpoints, life would be pretty boring.

I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.

I love to drive in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota with Mount Rushmore as the central stop.

I would like to have a right not to have an opinion. I don't want to have to care about everything.

I love road trips. If you haven't been on one in a while, it's time to put a trip on your calendar. Driving can help clear the cobwebs of your mind, and you can learn a lot about your fellow Americans while you're at it.

On election night 2000, I had never met then-Governor Bush, though I'd supported him for years. I believed he would be a strong, optimistic and gracious president with solid conservative principles and a big heart.