In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.

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.

We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.

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

The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too.

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

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.