I'm learning how tough it is to do the lead, to carry the show. This is definitely something I'll continue to do, whether in community theater, professionally or whatever.

It is possible that the inclusion of ANWR would result in me voting no. I haven't seen the bill and all the pieces and how they would affect Minnesota but drilling in ANWR is something that I feel strongly that we should not be doing and will continue to push for it not to be included in reconciliation.

The goals thing isn't something I worry about - as long as we win it doesn't matter who scores.

You're only going to get this deficit under control long-term with a growing economy, so we need to continue with pro-growth policies in order to achieve that.

I'm horribly disappointed that this important measure failed to pass, ... This bill was designed to protect the free-speech rights of Americans whose only alleged crime is wanting to use the Internet to express their opinions.