My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.

Election victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap the harvest.

To stand still is to regress.

The member of Congress who forgets his constituents' needs usually serves only one term.

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.