[It's] Rare for a first lady to be running for president.

Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to get him out of office.

Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In order to reach the broadest number of people you have to speak to their interests as broadly as you can.

I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.

One of the things that Africa needs, everybody seems to agree, is some measure of debt relief.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

This is what happens with a breakthrough. The first ones through the door often get bruised if not broken. Eventually, with a little political acumen and racial sensitivity and a lot of hard work, a smooth new place can emerge.