I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.

I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy.

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.

And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.'

I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.