Every time a woman runs, women win.

And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

If you don't run, you can't win.

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.