Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.

One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it.

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

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.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

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