Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful.

• Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.
• We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.
• The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.
• In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.
• I'm pro-life. I'll do all I can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life.
• We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.
• To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.
• Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.
• People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.
• Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.