If we were being attached by space aliens, we wouldn't be playing these kinds of games.

Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.

People will vote for someone who [they perceive] is strong and wrong before they will vote for someone who appears weak but is right.

I am committed to curbing the influence of money in our political system.

The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

America can no longer afford to get the Nobel Prizes while our competitors get the profits.

In addition I had real and serious questions about an independent counsel investigation that began with private business dealings twenty years ago