I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

I think Obama was terribly sexist.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

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.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

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.