The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.

Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

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.

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

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

When you succeed (with legislation), that feeling is exhilaration. And it takes leadership from a president, which means you meet with members of Congress 24/7 and you talk and you listen.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.