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.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.

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.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

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