Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.