Certainly the Republican Party changed and I never changed, as I became an independent my values never changed whether it's on fiscal responsibility, environment or using government tools to help the less fortunate.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.

As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.

Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

Anger's not a good emotion.