Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets. We know Mitt Romney never met a tax haven he didn't like. But his new favorite tax haven is actually not the Cayman Islands - its Paul Ryan's budget.

I'm still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people's lives better.

Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.