The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

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

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

I think Obama was terribly sexist.

politics can be an ugly game, and in a national election the stakes get higher while the tactics get lower.