Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important for us to talk to parents, in particular mothers, because it's really our self-esteem, it's our initiative.

Policies that support families aren't political issues. They're personal. They're the causes I carry with me every single day.

You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small.

Start, as parents, with yourselves, number one.

I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.