I think it's fair to say that my temperament is steady - and on the buoyant side.

Letting the free market do whatever it wants. That's not been historically how we grow. We have to invest in education, in rebuilding broadband lines and roads and runways, and it's important that we bring back American manufacturing and regulations to prevent consumers from being cheated.

I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people."

I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning.

Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.

Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.