Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.

Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.

The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.

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

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.