In my time in the U.S. Senate, I tried to craft an energy policy... I will be part of President Obama's efforts to achieve energy independence and enhance the landscape. I am also part of his reform agenda.

We are talking about institutionalizing a program on solar development that will outlast the Obama administration.

I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.

Frankly that's what makes such a big difference between President Obama on one hand and Mitt Romney on the other. Gov. Romney has not walked in those shoes of the ordinary Americans and frankly I don't think he has the capacity to quite understand the struggle that the 98 percent of Americans go through every single day.

Nothing in life and nothing that we do is risk-free.

I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.