I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Early numbers are always wrong.