You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future.

I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.

Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.