The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.

There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.

We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.

Besides the healthcare bill being unconstitutional and a great expansion of federal government, I think if it does not respect people's individual religious views and makes groups or individuals do things that are contrary to their deeply held beliefs, there is going to be a visceral negative reaction.

I don't think the objective of an abortion clinic is to try to talk women out of having the procedure. That obviously would not be positive for their bottom line.

I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. That's why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools.

If you know you're supported, you're going to work harder, you're going to be more focused on your mission.

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

Every governor's got tough choices to make.

Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.

I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.