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.

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.

You don't go through a bloodbath like this and then walk away from it.

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.

I think Obama was terribly sexist.