Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

I want to be the candidate placed on the ballot by the people, not the party.