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If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics.

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.

I was in the room with you know more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then.

On the show we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but yes I think we have a president who stole the election.

Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics but that's what makes him Newt Gingrich.

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly if that's the best job you can get in terms of money that's too bad you know. Because frankly it's not well paid everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.

This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all we must be Oklahomans first.