The present system is unsustainable. The only question is whether we will master the change or it will master us.

We need a wide variety of ways for voters to get a good look at our candidates.

I want young people to be involved, and I especially want young people to vote.

The children-my own and other people's-became the passion of my personal and professional life.

I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work.

I would hope that the Senate would do its job and confirm the nominee that President [Barack] Obama has sent to them. That's the way the Constitution fundamentally should operate. The president nominates, and then the Senate advises and consents, or not, but they go forward with the process.

I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.