I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.
I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.
Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.
And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.
I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.
We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.
