I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.

Millionaires are just as patriotic as poor people. The very wealthy are just as noble and patriotic as the middle class. But nothing has been asked of them in this horrendous recession. And it's time we just ask.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

Stand up, Chuck, let them see you.

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.

Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.

As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I've said all along ... that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through, it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president that it might close.