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

Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.

The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.

If you want to run for president, you better be an athlete. It's 24/7. It never ends. You give up your personal life completely and you have something of a chance to be shot.

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

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

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