The foundation is a 30-year old organization that aims to move society closer to the one we all imagine. We're aiming for a true democracy, where each woman and girl is valued.

There was a need and a feeling that, given the political shift of sands, we needed to have the confidence that we could always have the resources to do the work we needed to do.

I didn't find it all that rewarding. I really wanted to work with people in different ways. I wanted to work more directly with people on issues that are important to them.

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat.

We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country, or not. I think at some point, we may decide that we don't have to have that size military and cost footprint in the country. You look at what you want to accomplish, how many soldiers you need.

If the Republican Party works with the Hispanic community, the immigrant community, they're natural allies. People who came to this country are more freedom-loving and more American than people who just happened to be born here.