The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don't have to pay our bills.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.