But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.

History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.

Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.

There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

When you get John McCain going about the war against terror, he comes alive. That's when it gets fun. He rattles off the statistics, he showcases his wealth of military experience, and he doesn't recognize the concepts of defeat or surrender.

This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers.