People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

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

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

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.