Occupation: Political Figure Birth: August 1, 1961
I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man..
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politic….
The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election..
Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans..
When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time….
Politics swings like a pendulum..
The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history..
I don't want to be disrespectful of the president of the United States, but as a political person, one of the things I appreciated about this preside….
Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party..
We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will….
I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion..
I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are..
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984..
But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didnt just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton; that we wanted to tell ….
If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors..
And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit ….
I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject….
Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party..
I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party..
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-….
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is go….