I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.

So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying, "We're poor as well. What kind of help are we getting?" Or Asian Americans who say, "Look, I'm a first-generation immigrant, and clearly I didn't have anything to do with what was taking place."

I have no patience with people who go around blowing up innocent people.

Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.

I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.