You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.

My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

We stand with President Obama - love doesn't have a color, love doesn't care if you're gay or straight. Love doesn't discriminate.

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.