The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised.

Do not ever say to anybody it's time for us to have a woman in the leadership, because that's the least important selling point.

On GOP Tax Cuts: They'll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.

It isn't as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It's about timing. And it's about timing as to when make cuts, as well.

I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'

A successful marriage is a decision. You decide whether it's going to work, and then you turn around and you've been married 45 years.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.