I fixed Minnesota and I can fix America. I always win against the odds. I took on the unions and I stood up to the state's prevailing left-wing thinking and the status quo.

The nation's founding ideals made America unique, but now we are in danger of adopting European traits like suffocating enterprise and big government. This book is a wake-up call.

An A-Z of issues that define me. I'm for a small state, low taxes, individual freedom. I'm against foreign wars, the death penalty, abortion, action on climate change and drug laws.

America is the greatest country but it's a shame its leader doesn't agree. This is my view of what makes her special - its values, its family strength and its faith in God.

Obama, stop apologising for US foreign policy and stop spending so much of our money. This is my thesis on how to keep America as the world's No 1 superpower.

"A bit schoolmarmish or schoolmasterish in style. Blunt, short clauses, with no concessions to literary style. Some mixed metaphors." DW

"Attempts at down-home folksiness. Short sentences for 'telling it like it is' effect. Repetition of 'America' is a familiar trick." DW

"Clearly not speaking to a television audience, more likely a group of CEOs or a university audience," says English professor David Wallace.

"It's his economic plan and I'm told he wrote it himself. He's decided his campaign is all about the economy. He's Mr Fixit and he's saying 'I've the ideas to lead America to the Promised Land'." SR

"It's an interesting book. I didn't learn a lot that was new but it fleshed things out, and it made me understand more how her communication skills are her number one asset." SR

"Ron Paul's style isn't to be populist, it's to be Ron Paul, which often means being a commodity politician on the issues. This lays down his positions in bite-sized chunks," says Daniel Stone

"Newt is an intellectual omnivore who has written many books, including historical novels, but this is dog-whistle politics and he is smarter than that," says John Avlon