If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.

I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.