People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.

People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.

Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country.

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways.

I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.