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

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

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.

America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.

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.