I want to rebuild America.

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.

The Islamic community today is faced with a new version of an old struggle. My late mother used to say it doesn't matter whether you came to this country on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, through Ellis Island or the Rio Grande. We're all in the same boat now.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.

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