We are living longer, and we need to live better.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.

I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.

I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with.