America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

I also acknowledge that prejudice runs very deep in our society. And, in the real world, discrimination rears its ugly head in the shadows, where it's very difficult to root it out.

Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'.

And Bobby [Jindal] and I are both Catholics.

If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

This attitude of how society views women as chattel - that's the biggest thing to overcome. When I first started a stake in the issue of relationship abuse, I got really beat up by the Christian right because I was interfering in what was a personal family affair. It's a "family matter." That's why I wish we'd drop the phrase "domestic violence." It sounds like a domesticated cat. It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.