When will you decide if you’ll be a presidential candidate?
Within a very short horizon of time. I believe we can be very competitive. To win, we can’t just rely on the policy failures of this president. We have to rely on our candidate’s strengths and our proactive, pro-growth ideas.
Why would you run?
The failures of this administration, even after the terrible consequences of wrong policies – and the fact that we don’t yet see a GOP candidate with a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda who explains how to control spending and entitlements. I have not seen that.
You don’t see a winning GOP candidate yet?
They could all be winning candidates, given this president’s abject failure on policy. But we need our own positive agenda to balance the budget and grow the economy. We have a growth problem. We had a pathetic GDP increase in the first half of the year.
Was S&P’s downgrade fair?
What’s fair is to point out that this country is spending itself off a cliff. When you’re borrowing 42 or 43 cents of every dollar you spend, ultimately you’re broke. It’s that simple. S&P pointed out what everyone knows. We’re in a debt crisis, a fiscal crisis.
Let’s talk about presidential leadership.
This president’s leadership is flawed. He’s putting his political future ahead of this country’s economic future. He again proposes to raise taxes on the rich. We need to rein in spending, grow the economy, and restore confidence.