I suspect that's because providing basic services are not Democrat and Republican types of things. And here, I'm not sure how successful campaigning in that way would be.

Often times, candidates are a little coy, but you can read their stuff and figure out where they stand.

We have made a very significant shift in this state on eminent domain. We have gone from a reasonably liberal position, nationally, to being one of several states that now severely restrict its use.

God is a Republican, and Santa Claus is a Democrat

It's been fascinating to watch the Republican response to Al Gore's selection of me, ... Because, honestly, the areas where I agree with George Bush are so much the exception and not the rule.

[INDIANAPOLIS -- It's the kind of statement a politically safe Republican facing a perennial gadfly opponent in 2006 can make.] We're winning the war in Iraq, ... We've never lost a tactical engagement with the enemy. We've never even lost a platoon.