No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

Well, I'm wrestling alligators.

I have fought the establishment, run primaries, my entire career. I think that for Planned Parenthood or NARAL or the Human Rights Campaign to be considered the establishment, somebody’s not paying close attention to how American politics works.

I’m a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn’t appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

All the movies where I play nice guys don’t seem to do very well.

You never know what’ll happen in politics.

My first obligation is my job. It’s very hard to really get into campaign mode when you’ve got to focus on doing the work.

I think I’m the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won’t take earmarks.

I’m asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

I believe that sexual assault – if this is possible – was even more underreported when I was in school.