The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes.

Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.

The state has suffered a grievous blow on the coast,

Between the beach and the railroad, ... every house is just gone, ... Ninety percent of the structures are totally just gone. Debris (is) knee deep, waist deep, hip deep.

the president’s major donors from the fossil fuel industry.