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.

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

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

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.

Anger's not a good emotion.

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.

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