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

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.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

I think in some cases busing did improve the situation in some areas; in some cases it didn't. We had busing in St. Louis, and it has been ended and we are using other methods of trying to better integrate the schools.

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 think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people.

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.