The American people are growing extremely unhappy with establishment politics, with establishment economics, and you know what else? Even with establishment media.

We will do well when young people, when working-class people come out. We do not do well when the voter turnout is not large. We did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout.

If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

Given the fact that poverty is growing, more and more Americans are losing health insurance, health care costs are going up, the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider. That speaks to the weakness of the opposition. People do not like George W. Bush. But I think it's fair to say that they are not flocking to the Democratic Party, or see the Democrats as a real alternative.

...Poverty in America today leads not only to anxiety, unhappiness, discomfort and a lack of material goods. It leads to death. Poverty in America today is a death sentence for tens and tens of thousands of our people.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.