I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

I have long ties to the women's community.

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

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.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.