You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.

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.

In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.