Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there’s a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
Marriage equality – I think that it’s a constitutionally guaranteed right. Let’s end the drug wars. Let’s balance the federal budget, and that means reforming the entitlements – Medicaid, Medicare.
Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America’s character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.
My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that’s how big the patch should be.
Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States – that I could make a really big, positive difference.
I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.
I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely – leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman.
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don’t really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
That’s the first sign you know you’re a Libertarian. You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there’s not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the gas.
We live in America. We live in a free society where we are able to make choices. It’s about giving individuals freedoms and holding them accountable.
We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa – not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.