Alex owned Rockford Country Club.

I'm very honored that anyone would even think of me. I don't know what to say. I'm just sort of overwhelmed by it.

It's nice they are making everyone feel like what they did is important.

I'd like to believe that the country is ready, but I do have my doubts based on my own experience.

Our country was hit on 9/11, 2001. Everybody in the world knows that. It hasn't been easy to deal with a different kind of enemy, but that is what we have, a different kind of enemy.

Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.