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.

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.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

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

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.