We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

We all do better, when we all do better.

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

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.