It's Time To Recognize What Compromise Means:

Money Often Determines Not Only Who Gets Elected, But What Gets Done. Which Voices Do Lawmakers Listen To, The Banks Or Home Owners, Coal Companies, Or Asthma Sufferers, The Ceos Or The Unemployed?

If We Are Serious About Providing Upward Mobility And Building A Skilled Workforce, Pre-school Is The Place To Begin.

When There Is Violence Against Any Person In Society, Because He Or She Is Different, It Threatens Us All. Only By Speaking Out Are Any Of Us Safe.

We Continue To Blame The Poor For Their Own Condition. They Are Lazy. We Do Not Want To Know That The Poorest Of The Poor Are Toddlers Under Three Years Of Age.

Politics Creates An Almost Endless Time Horizon Into The Future. ... As Governor I Had The Incredible Luxury Of Being Able To Dream On A Grand Scale. And This Sense Of Infinite Possibility Gives Politics Its Romance.