If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you’ve probably waited too long.

Obama’s view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior.

Office holders are a self-selected group; you don’t get elected if you don’t put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

I’m an old man of 73, and I’ve been around a long time. If I don’t know something by now, I probably never will.

It’s good to give seniors more choices and more options, let them choose a plan that’s best for them and target assistance to the lowest income people.

We’ll always have bureaucracies, but bureaucracies led by bureaucrats might be too much of a bad thing.

People in New Hampshire know that I’ll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.

It doesn’t take Warren Buffett to realize that when companies don’t know what new rules will look like, it affects their ability to commit capital and create new jobs.

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to ‘win independents’ runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as – or more than – any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity.

I’m running for senator because it’s time for a change.