The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.

When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.

Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.

What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn't cost that much.

What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.