This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.

In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.