When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.

Every call you make, every door you knock, every friend you register to vote could make the difference.

I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.] Bush administration. They went back to trickle-down economics. They took their eye off the mortgage market, they took their eye off the finance markets, and we ended up in a big mess.

I believe I am a work horse. I believe that that is what our country needs. We need a president who will roll up our sleeves collectively as a nation and tackle the problems that we confront.

We do always have to make sure we keep people safe. There are the right ways of doing it, and then there are ways that are ineffective.

I have written a book it's called "Stronger Together."

It is wrong that corporations and the super wealthy play by a different set of rules.