Working full-time should mean enough to support a family.

I think that when it comes to issues of trade, I think it is important for us to be in favor of trade, but I also think it is important to make sure that we are putting in place the labor standards, the environmental standards, that are going to provide some of a fighting chance for American workers.

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.

The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.

We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.

Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.

I've now been in 57 states. I think one left to go.