For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought anything is possible.

If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor.

When it's for the good of your state, you put partisan differences aside.

What I do see is Cuban people that are just - want to see change. They are vibrant. They are trying to fix up old cars, so they can start their tourism businesses. There's hundreds of thousands of small companies that have already started under some exceptions that Raul Castro has put into place.

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication.

My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.