I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.

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

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

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 think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.