Senator Obama's support among hardworking Americans - white Americans - is weakening.

Politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be.

I want to imagine a country where people's wages reflect their hard work, where we have healthcare for everyone, and where every child gets to live up to his or her potential.

I need people to know that there is a group of people who are part of the leadership of the DNC, and I will make damn sure as a vice chair, and so will others, that we do everything humanly possible to have a level playing field.

I have tried to emphasize to people that, hey, just like President Obama was a really good president, and the fact that he was black I think was historic and unprecedented, but he also claimed and owned his excellence, and that's why I'm saying, okay - I think it's really exciting and historic that I would be the first woman president, but I have a lot of work I want to do. And I hope that people will say, "Hey, she's getting it done." That's how I think about it.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.