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.

Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric.

I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

Let me ask you: Should only children of the wealthy have access to quality early education? Should only children of the wealthy have access to a college degree? The answer - the only answer - is: no.

Anger's not a good emotion.

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.

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.