Some of the federal programs to help homeowners were never fully implemented.

The economy is better than the one President [Barack] Obama inherited, and unemployment is lower, but the unemployment rate gap remains large.

Bernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.

[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.

Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.

Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.