I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

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.

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.

I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.

The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.