I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really do think that heed must be paid, and when people make a decision, those who are on the other side, including me, accept it, for that reason.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

Donald Trump is an independent presidential candidate who ran on the Republican label. He really did. He took it over. He transformed it into his image, in his likeness.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

The problem is that what Donald Trump said, if you take it literally now, is cause for anxiety and nervousness.

Americans don't like the way Washington operates. They don't like Washington. They don't like the way things are going.

There is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.