I've never heard of a Republican convention that doesn't believe in a balanced budget.

[INDIANAPOLIS -- It's the kind of statement a politically safe Republican facing a perennial gadfly opponent in 2006 can make.] We're winning the war in Iraq, ... We've never lost a tactical engagement with the enemy. We've never even lost a platoon.

Physically, we're bursting at the seams. We're ready to make the next absolute, giant leap.

This governor got a free pass from the conservatives for two years because of the recall and just the euphoria of the idea that we've got a Republican in instead of a Democrat. But that party is over.

Most people have trouble caring if he gets re-elected or not. They're having a difficult time seeing that he's different from the opposition. He needs to give them a reason to care.

I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.