At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.

This guy is totally unorthodox. Maybe he`s flipping coins or playing three-card Monty to see who he wants to pick. Donald Trump is so unorthodox that I think it`s almost impossible to have any reasonable prediction about who he`s going to pick for the Vice-President.

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mousepads, shoe leather and hope.