Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.

Get yourself prepared, educationally and emotionally, and develop mental toughness. Don't ever give up.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.

Our top priority is our troops, who are making the extraordinary effort to fulfill the mission they have been given. Democrats will work with this Administration to better define that mission and a realistic expectation of success in Iraq.

I have always abhorred the word racism. I never use it.

A question I often get is, "How do you maintain your sanity with so much happening all around you?" I think I developed a certain mental toughness that is required in the business. You have to have a thick skin and a brass bottom, because you're going to kicked a lot.

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.