I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world

We're a superpower with a third world grid.

We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.