They (Democrats) are supporting things like gay adoption. Those aren't issues that resonate with north Florida voters.

It is interesting only one state has filed a bill to ban gay adoption and, frankly, that's not where we expected to be.

On gay adoption I have changed my mind.

On gay marriage, for instance, Democrats were all over the lot on the issue. Republicans used it to sharpen their message - that this is what we stand for on this and all these other social, moral values as well.

People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most.

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.