I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

I never got into politics for it to be a career.

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.