There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.

Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.

There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.

I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.