In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

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.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

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

I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.

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.

I do believe that 2016 is going to be a great year for Democrats... because we are right on the key issues.